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Thousands of Fish
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Rainbow/steelhead trout stocking in Lake Huron 1970 to 1999
(fertilized egg and fry stocking not included).
• Stocking was relatively stable through the 1970s
• In the mid 1980s volunteer groups were allowed to develop private hatcheries for stocking in Ontario waters which increased the levels of stocking
• Stocking levels have been relatively stable in the 1990s