By Rosalind Russell – The Ontario government is investing over $75 million to update Ontario’s fish hatchery program including Manitoulin Island.
Graydon Smith, Minister of Natural Resources, says infrastructure upgrades are planned for three critical fish culture stations to increase the production of key fish species and support fish stocking efforts.
He says a new building will be constructed for raising walleye at the Blue Jay Creek Fish Culture Station on Manitoulin Island to increase the production of walleye by as much as 600 percent annually.
He says improvements will be made to the North Bay Fish Culture Station to enable the stocking of over 555,000 high-demand fish, including brook, lake and rainbow trout.
The third project upgrades to the Hill’s Lake Fish Culture Station in Englehart. Smith says upgrades will help increase its capacity to raise and stock over 530,000 popular fish including splake and aurora trout.
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