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Lake Champlain Walleye Association asks state for $50,000 pass-through to expand hatchery tanks
Summary
The Lake Champlain Walleye Association briefed the Senate Committee on Institutions on its intensive-culture hatchery work and requested a $50,000 pass-through grant (via Vermont Fish & Wildlife) to buy tanks and infrastructure that increase fingerling production.
Chad Lambert, president of the Lake Champlain Walleye Association, told the Senate Committee on Institutions that the group is seeking a pass-through state grant of $50,000 over two years through Vermont Fish and Wildlife to fund hatchery tanks and related infrastructure.
The association, which Lambert said was founded by anglers to restore an overfished walleye population, has shifted from pond rearing to an ‘‘intensive culture’’ tank system at the Ed Weed Hatchery. Lambert said the group currently has 16 tanks at the hatchery and that new tanks and pumps are expensive; he said two tanks recently cost about $35,000 and that the intensive-culture setup produces far better survival than historic pond methods.
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