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TROUT HATCHERIES SAVED
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Nashville office was the site for
a news conference where U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, and officials from the
Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, TWRA, and the
Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced a new agreement Friday
to continue popular trout stocking programs in the Tennessee Valley
region.
TVA will provide more than $900,000 per year over the next three years to
support federal fish hatchery operations that provide trout for stocking.
The stocking will occur in reservoirs and tailwaters of certain TVA dams
in the region. In addition, the agencies also signed an agreement to form
a working group with key stakeholders who benefit from the
recreation-based trout stocking to identify a long-term funding source.
“The funding of the federal hatchery operations is vital to our agency’s
ability to meet the demand for quality trout fishing in Tennessee,” said
Ed Carter, TWRA Executive Director. “Their continued operation will help
continue providing a tremendous recreational activity to thousands of
Tennesseans. An associated but very important side benefit is the
significant economic boost to local businesses associated with the fishing
and outdoor industry.”
Currently, non-native trout stocked near some of TVA’s dams are raised at
three federal fish hatcheries operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service: Erwin National Fish Hatchery in Erwin, Tenn.; Dale Hollow
National Fish Hatchery in Celina, Tenn.; and Chattahoochee Forest National
Fish Hatchery in Suches, Ga.
“Closing Dale Hollow and Erwin would have been a disaster for 900,000
Tennesseans and visitors who bought fishing licenses last year,” Alexander
said. “Dale Hollow helps make Tennessee’s rivers and lakes among the most
prized trout fisheries in our country. And the Erwin hatchery provides
brood stocks for fishing waters across the country.”
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