70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Yearlings
Fingerlings
Thousands of Fish
Year
Rainbow/steelhead trout stocking in Lake Huron 1970 to 1999
(fertilized egg and fry stocking not included).
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Stocking was relatively stable through the 1970s
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In the mid 1980s volunteer groups were allowed to develop private hatcheries for stocking in Ontario waters which increased the levels of stocking
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Stocking levels have been relatively stable in the 1990s