When Brookies Turn Bad

Today’s paper is another great example of integrating fish culture, research and management to address a fishery issue.  Nonnative fish create a variety of concerns, including habitat alterations, hybridization with native fish, and more. Brook trout are the problematic species in this instance, and the paper documents the outcomes from mechanical removal, stocking of Trojan YY fish, and modeling future outcomes. This continues to be an emerging area of fisheries research, and the possibilities for dealing with the variety of invasive fish are promising. 

Evaluating the success of eradicating nonnative Brook Trout using Trojan Y Chromosome fish in southern Rocky Mountain streams – https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10492