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Posted by Flatbroke on 7/17/2008, 5:21 pm
-The S.C. Department of Natural Resources recently completed the stocking of more than 4.2 million hatchery raised striped bass fingerlings throughout the state. More than 2.5 million fingerlings were stocked in the Santee Cooper system between Lakes Marion and Moultrie. The stocking by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is intended to supplement natural reproduction that has historically maintained the Santee Cooper striped bass population and maintain otherwise unsustainable stocks in other state lakes. In addition to the stocking in the Santee Cooper system, striped bass were stocked in Lake Greenwood, Lake Hartwell, Lake Murray, Lake Thurmond and Lake Wateree. None of these lakes currently have natural spawning populations. The DNR Freshwater Fisheries Section annually stocks from seven to 10 million fish in state waters, including striped and hybrid bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, channel and blue catfish, bluegill, redbreast, redear sunfish (shellcracker), and rainbow, brook and brown trout. Anglers in South Carolina spend more than $1 billion to fish each year according to 2006 reports, making the sport, with economic multipliers factored in, a premier business in the Palmetto State. For information on DNR's freshwater fish stocking program, call (803) 734-3886 in Columbia or check the DNR Hatcheries Web site at: hatcheries.dnr.sc.gov/index.html.
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