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Text Box: Number of YOY Lake Trout
Number of YOY Lake Trout
Six Fathom Bank
Lake trout natural reproduction
Text Box: No survey conducted
No survey conducted
•  Drop in spawning stock size may have contributed to the decline in catch.
• Seneca strain lake trout were not available for several years, causing lapse in stocking of this strain.
• Other strains stocked on Six Fathom have not contributed to the spawning population
• Stocking of Seneca strain has resumed and it is expected the spawning population will increase over next five years
• Seneca strain are better able to survive sea lamprey predation