Anglers to cast lines on native fish

Agency weaning fishermen away from hatchery-raised trout
Saturday, April 17, 2010
By John Hayes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nearly 1 million Pennsylvania trout anglers are expected to converge today on streams, rivers and lakes in an opening-day fishing tradition that goes back decades.
But as anglers cast their lines for some of the 3.2 million hatchery-raised trout stocked this season by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the agency has begun to wean some anglers away from the stocked fish and toward native trout, which are rebounding in most Pennsylvania counties. The best way to protect them and their habitat, says the agency's executive director, is to make fishing for them a part of angling culture.
"I think it's more than a coming thing. I think it's already here," said John Arway, a 30-year veteran of the agency, who was promoted to executive director last month.Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10107/1051146-358.stm#ixzz0lUAKvmgk