PA Fish and Boats impact on Stripers and other saltwater species.

[Fish Sticks]

Obviously trout pellets are made from ocean fish that are an important forage for ocean fish like stripers. We know bunker/menhaden are a critical fatty calorie rich food source for stripers which are struggling mightily right now and competing for food with invasive blue catfish in the bay.

PFBC indicates they use these important baitfish species to feed their roughly 5-6 million adult, keystone, fingerling, lake Erie, and co-op trout.

“The food trout are fed in the hatchery is made mostly of fish meal. Ocean fish like herring and menhaden are processed and nutritional supplements (vita- mins) are added.”

Wondering what scale of impact PFBC has individually on this resource. Also wondering what incentive or stability PFBC gives trawler companies like Omega Protein who remove these fish from the ocean for non human consumption?

Obviously its not a line item

We know the harmful effects the hatcheries have on the streams they operate on or pollute with invasive species via escapees, potential acquisition and transport of invasive species/pathogens(gill lice mud snails), and excess nutrients, waste of conservation funds/grants and the spreading of harmful invasive species.

But what impact does the feed that comes at the expense of struggling coastal food webs have?

 

[Silent Ocelot]

Glad to see PFBC is broadening their horizons on what they impact.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Glad to see PFBC is broadening their horizons on what they impact.

They have been using fish meal feed for a while I think. I’d love to know how many tons of Bunker/Menhaden it takes to feed 5-6 million trout for a year.

 

[Silent Ocelot]

Sometimes I think of the PFBC as some kind of Resident Evil antagonist hell-bent on destroying species and replacing it with their own. You could make it into a plot. I think casting Kirk Deeter as Albert Wesker would be an excellent choice. The "complete global saturation" line from Wesker would be perfect for Kirk is someone were to ask him how many brown trout he'd like in the world. I'd make a meme out of this if I wasn't computer illiterate.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Sometimes I think of the PFBC as some kind of Resident Evil antagonist hell-bent on destroying species and replacing it with their own. You could make it into a plot. I think casting Kirk Deeter as Albert Wesker would be an excellent choice. The "complete global saturation" line from Wesker would be perfect for Kirk is someone were to ask him how many brown trout he'd like in the world. I'd make a meme out of this if I wasn't computer illiterate.

PA does feel like Racoon city these days from an aquatic AIS standpoint

 

[vcregular]

In the past I feel like the PFBC has made statements claiming they use fish food comprised of crustaceans which gives their stockies a nice pink meat.