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ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
Cora Campbell, Acting Commissioner

DIVISION OF SPORT FISH
Charles O. Swanton, Director

Contact:
Andrew Garry
Stocking Coordinator
Phone: 907-269-0314

December 16, 2013

RECREATIONAL FISH STOCKING PLAN AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT

The Division of Sport Fish is now accepting public comment on its statewide fish stocking plan.

The Division, with assistance from private non-profit hatchery operators, plans to release approximately 7 million fish into the waters of Alaska every year for the next five years to benefit recreational anglers. The stocking plan outlines the location, number, and size or life stage for each species that is planned to be stocked.

Only fish from Division of Sport Fish hatchery facilities and from private non-profit hatcheries, who in cooperation with ADF&G, produce fish to improve recreational fisheries are included in this plan.

The plan is posted on the department’s website at:
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSportStockingHatcheries.stockingPlan

Copies of the plan are also available for review at Division of Sport Fish management area offices.

Comments may be emailed to Andrew Garry at andrew.garry@alaska.gov or contact him at:
Andrew Garry
William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery
941 N. Reeve Blvd.
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-0314

The deadline for comment is January 17, 2014.