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In parts of its range, it is also known as the eastern brook trout, speckled trout, brook char (or charr), squaretail, brookie, or mud trout, among others. [6] Adult coaster brook trout are capable of reaching sizes over 2 feet in length and weigh up to 6.8 kg (15 lb), whereas adult salters average between 6 and 15 inches in length and weigh ...
The National Fish Habitat Partnership was established as the National Fish Habitat Action Plan in 2006. The National Partnership is the umbrella for 20 Fish Habitat Partnerships established across the country that focus on regions, species or systems (specific examples include: Pacific Marine and Estuarine Partnership, the Eastern Brook Trout ...
The backcross is the result of an F1 splake male being crossed with a female lake trout (i.e., 75% lake trout and 25% brook trout). Although splake were first described in 1880, Ontario began experimenting with the hybrids in the 1960s in an effort to replace collapsed lake trout stocks in the Great Lakes .
Brook trout occupy only a fraction of their pre-colonial range. European settlement and the introduction of non-native species like brown trout had much to do with that. (Brown trout were despised ...
[7] [8] In Mill Creek, two species that unmistakably serve as VECs are brook trout and brown trout. Both species inhabit some but not all stretches of Mill Creek, and are highly sought after by the local angler community. [9] The cool and well-oxygenated water of Mill Creek is the ideal habitat for brook trout that optimally live at 14°C to 16 ...
The Fish River chain of lakes is a series of five lakes in the North Maine Woods region of northern Maine, in a tributary stream to the Fish River. [2] The lakes are an important northern Maine recreation area providing habitat for wildlife including rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon.
[60] [61] [62] Brook trout and Rocky Mountain cutthroat trout exploit very similar niches and directly compete with each other. However, because brook trout have many reproductive advantages (earlier maturation, greater fertility, and offspring emerge earlier in the year), brook trout are able to replace cutthroat very quickly. [7] [63] [64] [65]
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