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COMMUNITY HATCHERY PROGRAMS

MNRF/OFAH

The largest volunteer run hatchery in the province (there are 53 hatcheries) - we are now 20 years old!

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Monies from Fishing licenses are collect by the MNRF and then distributed by OFAH Community Hatchery Program to all 53 volunteer Hatcheries.

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This money goes to cover a portion of our total operational costs. 

We receive fingerlings and raise them to stocking size to increase their survival success rate.  

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Last year we stocked the lakes with 34000 fish.  This is 40% of the stocking done in Haliburton county.

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We raise our famous HALIBURTON GOLD from egg collection in the wild.  In the wild - 1 to 2 per 1000 eggs survive to 8 inches due to natural predators ie crayfish etc.  

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In the Hatchery we are able to have 650/1000 survive to 8 inches and are then returned to the lakes.

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