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The Fisheries Division is responsible for the conservation and management of all fish and fish habitat within the State of Vermont. More than 170,000 anglers spent 2.3 million days fishing in Vermont and more than $111 million dollars in 2001 (2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation).
Vermont's fisheries biologists are engaged in a wide variety of activities aimed at ensuring that Vermont's valuable fisheries resources will be sustained and enhanced through time. Biologists inventory and monitor the abundance,distribution, diversity, and health of Vermont's fish and the habitat they live in.
Data collected from inventory and monitoring efforts are used to assess the impacts of fishing pressure, predation, disease, parasites and habitat changes. Once information is analyzed, biologists determine what management actions will be needed to keep fish populations healthy, balanced, and productive.
Management actions such as fishing regulations, fish stocking, nuisance species control, and habitat improvement are examples of active measures routinely taken to improve and enhance fish populations, aquatic communities, and the fishing in Vermont.
Because it is good for Vermont and the fish! When people get out on Vermont's lakes and streams, they cannot help but end the day with a greater appreciation for our fisheries resources and the waters which support them.
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