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O.F.A.H./Toronto Sportsmen's Show Ringwood Fish Culture Station

Ringwood Fish Culture Station
www.ringwoodhatchery.ca

The O.F.A.H./Toronto Sportsmen's Show Ringwood Fish Culture Station will be responsible for stocking a large proportion of Lake Ontario's stocking quota including the entire Ontario stocking allocation for chinook salmon. Over half a million chinook salmon fry will be produced and stocked out of Ringwood annually. Other species raised at Ringwood include rainbow trout, brown trout and Atlantic salmon, all destined for Lake Ontario tributaries.

Wild collections of chinook and rainbow are done each year to supply the hatchery with eggs. Brown trout and Atlantic salmon eggs are received from the provincial broodstock. As the eggs hatch, they will be fed and cared for in large rearing tanks until they are ready to be stocked. Chinook salmon are raised in the hatchery only throughout the winter and are stocked the following spring. Other species are often raised in the hatchery for an entire year before being stocked.

Ringwood Fish Culture Station differs from other large fish hatcheries as it is operated primarily through volunteer efforts and funded through donations and industry sponsorship. The Metro East Anglers (Host Club) as well as other volunteers are vital to the health of the Ringwood Fish Culture Program.