. Biennial report of the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. A Qiue-yeari tf-idt ^bUtiiLuti&n and McMGUjetn&Ht Plan With the inception of the first fisheries sta- tion in Montana no thought had to be given tc the territory to be stocked. The whole State lay with hundreds of individuals willing to receive and distribute the fish being propagated there- in. However, it was not long before addi- tional hatcheries were constructed at different points over the State and at the present 11 State hatcheries and
. Biennial report of the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. A Qiue-yeari tf-idt ^bUtiiLuti&n and McMGUjetn&Ht Plan With the inception of the first fisheries sta- tion in Montana no thought had to be given tc the territory to be stocked. The whole State lay with hundreds of individuals willing to receive and distribute the fish being propagated there- in. However, it was not long before addi- tional hatcheries were constructed at different points over the State and at the present 11 State hatcheries and three Federal hatcheries are en- gaged in the rearing of trout and grayling. One warm water station is devoted to rearing the finny rayed species. These 14 trout hatcheries under normal op- erations have an annual output of over 30,000,- 000 trout of varying sizes and up to the last year these 14 hatcheries were engaged in a distribu- tion program based upon popular demand, pres- sure from political groups, and the ease with which waters could be contacted. As can be imagined, the result was anything but satisfac- tory and resulted in much confusion, duplication of effort and loss of efficiency. It was thought some years ago, when our hatcheries assumed the responsibility of planting, that all our troubles would be over, but it was soon discovered that they had just commenced. Local pressure groups desiring to stock some favorite spot soon found out that, by various in- sistent demands, it was very often possible to ob- tain trout from several hatcheries at once to stock the same body of water. The result was that waters ideally suited to planting very often re- ceived no stocking at all and waters not suitable for the species introduced received far more than the waters were capable of supporting. Some of the hatcheries would make a plant of 1 or IV2- inch fish and perhaps the next day, or sometimes within a few hours, the distribution truck from DISTRICTS NOW ASSIGNED TO FISH
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