Dundee State Fish Hatchery

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Dundee State Fish Hatchery

• Dennis Smith
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Inland Fisheries Division
• Lake Diversion, Texas

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Why do we stock fish?

• Supplement natural reproduction
• Provide new opportunities
• Restore populations
• Enhance genetics (Florida LMB)
• Fishing generates over 3.2B/yr. in Texas
• Over 1 million anglers in Texas

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Fisheries Management Districts

• Electro fishing
• Creel Surveys
• Gill netting
• Stocking
• recommendations

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TPWD Inland Fisheries Hatcheries
Today TPWD owns and operates 5 freshwater fish
hatcheries
Dundee
Possum Kingdom
TFFC
Jasper/ETFH
AE Wood
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Dundee State Fish Hatchery

• Originally constructed 1928
• Largest public hatchery in Texas
• 97 ponds (82 surface acres of water)
• All ponds plastic lined
• Lake Diversion water supply
• Water returned to Wichita River

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Species Produced
Over 40M stocked statewide each year
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Where can I get fish?

• TPWD only stocks public water
• Public water contact management crew
• Fish for private ponds must be purchased from
  commercial producers
• Texas Aquaculture Association list
• http//www.texasaquaculture.org/

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Neighborhood Fishing Program
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Neighborhood Fishing Program

• Frequent stockings of catfish throughout the
  summer, and trout throughout the winter
• Relies upon an effective partnership between
  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD),
  businesses, local governments, volunteers and
  users
• Increase participation in fishing (and outdoor
  recreation) while attracting more urban youth and
  families to public parks

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Golden Alga

• Prymnesium parvum
• Highly toxic to fish and shellfish
• Found in at least 14 countries and 15 U.S. states
• Caused fish kills in brackish water worldwide
• First reported in Texas in 1985
• First identified at Dundee S.F.H. in 2001

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Golden Alga Fish Kills
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Golden Alga International Symposium

• January 27-31, 2009
• Radisson Fort Worth Fossil Creek Hotel
• Combined with Texas Chapter AFS meeting
• http//www.sdafs.org/tcafs/index.htm

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Sport Fish Restoration Program

• Authorized by Dingell-Johnson and Wallop-Breaux
  Acts
• Taxes collected on sporting goods, electric
  motors, boat fuel,
• Collected by federal government and
  re-distributed to states
• Funds fisheries management, research, hatchery
  operation, outreach, access

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Dundee State Fish Hatchery

• Dennis Smith
• dennis.smith_at_tpwd.state.tx.us
• [phone]
• Tours available