Bloater Fish Released into Lake Ontario by Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Approximately 3,000 Bloater fish were released into Lake Ontario on Thursday, November 5, 2020 by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Lake Ontario Management Unit.
The goal of the program is to restock Lake Ontario with Bloater Fish. Scientists in the US and Canada are working to bring back the once-familiar fish to Lake Ontario, and they hope to eventually release as many as a half-million of them a year into the lake.
The role of the Bloater Fish is one of feeder and is a deep-water lake fish often referred to as a cisco. The native fish was once plentiful in Lake Ontario but vanished about 50 years ago from over-fishing, invasive species and degraded habitat.
Approximately 3,000 fish were transferred from a truck into a holding tank on a boat where they were taken out to a depth of approximately 70 metres and then released into the lake.
This initiative is a step towards assisting the Lake Ontario Ecosystem.
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