"Steve S" said:
Will, the ones in Green Bay, where did they get them from? Steve
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To enhance genetic variability, Rowe expects to stock 1,200 fingerling spotted muskies from Georgian Bay, Ontario, into three central Wisconsin lakes this winter. They will be protected from harvest and allowed to grow as brood stock for future stocking in the bay. Those fish — certified disease free — were obtained through Fleming College in Ontario in a project funded by Titletown Muskies Inc.
Brood stock for the original effort came from southeastern Lake Huron in the Detroit River area of Michigan. Georgian Bay is in northeastern Lake Huron in Canada. Both strains are native to the Great Lakes and have shown the ability to produce large fish.
That isn't accurate at all:
– Lake Huron isn't connected to the Detroit River
– most of the original fish were from Indian River (also not connected to the Detroit River) but is in the same watershed as Lake Huron
– there were some eggs from Lake St Clair taken in a subsequent year
– St Clair is connected to the Detroit River and to Lake Huron via the St Clair River
"Steve S" said:
Is it also possible to stock from Georgian Bay and have two strains to make the gene pool bigger. Would this maybe not work? Steve
If we looked at the DNA I would assume there is likely very little difference from the GLS in Georgian Bay and the GLS in St Clair. Genetic diversity is important but it is important only as far as the brood lakes should be established from as many different males and females as possible.
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