Presenter: Brain Van Zee

Commission Agenda Item No. 8
Briefing
Stocking Fish in Freshwater - Where and Why?
May 2008

I. Executive Summary: Staff will brief the Commission on some of the questions most frequently asked by freshwater anglers about fish stocking in Texas public waters. Anglers want to know the why, where, and when of stocking different fish species, and how these decisions are made. The decision-making process from the initial fisheries surveys to the fish stockings will be reviewed.