BY JESI MUNGUIA
The results are in for a walleye study in the Upper Peninsula that began nine-years ago. It showed that natural reproduction was better for the fish population than hatchery reproduction.
The study was conducted by the DNR. They wanted to compare the contributions of hatchery-reared and naturally reproduced walleyes in Little Bay and Big Bay de Noc.
Troy Zorn is a fisheries research biologist for the DNR. He said the hatchery contributed a total of 1,849,000 walleyes.
"We went back each fall we sampled juvenile walleyes and of all the juvenile walleyes that we caught that were born during the period of 2004 and 2009. 76 percent of those in Little Bay de Noc were from natural reproduction and 62 percent in Big Bay from natural reproduction," Zorn said.
Zorn said, the DNR will continue to monitor walleye stocks on bays de Noc from year to year. He said it will help hatcheries decided how many
The results are in for a walleye study in the Upper Peninsula that began nine-years ago. It showed that natural reproduction was better for the fish population than hatchery reproduction.
The study was conducted by the DNR. They wanted to compare the contributions of hatchery-reared and naturally reproduced walleyes in Little Bay and Big Bay de Noc.
Troy Zorn is a fisheries research biologist for the DNR. He said the hatchery contributed a total of 1,849,000 walleyes.
"We went back each fall we sampled juvenile walleyes and of all the juvenile walleyes that we caught that were born during the period of 2004 and 2009. 76 percent of those in Little Bay de Noc were from natural reproduction and 62 percent in Big Bay from natural reproduction," Zorn said.
Zorn said, the DNR will continue to monitor walleye stocks on bays de Noc from year to year. He said it will help hatcheries decided how many