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•Wild eggs were first collected in 1979 from the
few remaining fish
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• Wild progeny and backcross were both stocked
starting in 1981, backcross was terminated in 1991 due to concerns with
genetics and poor survival
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• The planted trout attracted anglers by 1985
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• An
outbreak of a disease in the Great Lakes (epizootic epitheliotrophic disease
virus-EEDv) prevented wild egg collections and stocking of lake trout did not
occur in 1989 to 1991.
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• Stocking in Parry Sound terminated in 1997due
to sufficient natural reproduction and evidence that natural reproduction
should be enhanced with a stocking cessation
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• MNR will continue to stock in Georgian Bay and
Five Mile Bay with lake trout derived from the Parry Sound stock.
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