Observed
Brown Trout Returns, By
Stocking Method, All Ports Combined, Lake Huron, Stocked in 1996 & 1997
Total obs. return rate
=
18.9
Total obs. return rate
= 23.7
The comparison
of boat and shore stocking methods was done when alewife numbers were
low.Returns from both test groups
were low.There were no significant
differences between test groups.
Returns of
neither test group exceeded 25 per 60,000 stocked.