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 "snippet": "FWMIS pull Feb 21 2025 - Fish Culture Stocking locations represent both lentic and lotic waterbodies that have been stocked with fish within the province of Alberta.  This GIS layer provides fisheries manager\u2019s historic and current stocking densities. It provides academia, industry, environmental consultants and the general public.  historic and current stocking records. Data is received and reviewed bi-annually by Alberta Environment and Parks Fish Culture team, and is stored in the Fish and Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS).",
 "description": "<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>The Alberta Government maintains native fish populations in all water bodies where they occur. Alberta also raises fish in hatcheries and plants them in water bodies to meet numerous conservation goals:<\/span><\/p><p><span>(1) Re-establish fish where populations have collapsed; (2) Establish new populations in suitable lakes; (3) Provide trout fishing in areas where few other angling opportunities exist; and (4) Provide diversity in angling experiences where appropriate.<\/span><\/p><p><span>The primary purpose of walleye stocking is <\/span><span>to create put<\/span><span>-<\/span><span>grow<\/span><span>-and-<\/span><span>take fisheries<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>The trout stocking program primarily stocks on average 75 gram or 18.5cm trout to create an immediate fishery.<\/span><\/p><p><span>In lakes where food is adequate and there is a good chance the fish will survive the winters, small fish are stocked and allowed to grow to catchable size (put-grow-and-take fisheries). In other lakes and ponds, where fish cannot survive the winter because of inadequate oxygen (winterkill), larger fish are stocked (put-and-take fisheries).<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>",
 "summary": "FWMIS pull Feb 21 2025 - Fish Culture Stocking locations represent both lentic and lotic waterbodies that have been stocked with fish within the province of Alberta.  This GIS layer provides fisheries manager&rsquo;s historic and current stocking densities. It provides academia, industry, environmental consultants and the general public.  historic and current stocking records. Data is received and reviewed bi-annually by Alberta Environment and Parks Fish Culture team, and is stored in the Fish and Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS).",
 "title": "Stocking_ARTR_Range",
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  "Fish Stocking",
  "Walleye Stocking",
  "Fish Conservation"
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