In 2006, Idaho launched a bounty-and-netting war on invasive lake trout; a decade later adult numbers were down 64% and Lake Pend Oreille’s kokanee had rebounded
- Lake Trout FishingAn aggressive campaign using commercial nets and angler bounties helped turn around a decade-long fight against non-native predators in northern Idaho’s largest lake.
- By 2016, ten years after the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) began its suppression programme on Lake Pend Oreille, the number of adult lake trout had fallen by 64 per cent.
- According to research published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the sharp drop in lake trout allowed native rainbow trout and landlocked sockeye salmon, known locally as kokanee, to recover.
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- Lake Trout FishingAn aggressive campaign using commercial nets and angler bounties helped turn around a decade-long fight against non-native predators in northern Idaho’s largest lake.
- By 2016, ten years after the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) began its suppression programme on Lake Pend Oreille, the number of adult lake trout had fallen by 64 per cent.
- According to research published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the sharp drop in lake trout allowed native rainbow trout and landlocked sockeye salmon, known locally as kokanee, to recover.
Sources: Times of India