Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 57.2 - Allocation and stocking of legal-size trout(a) The Commission will allocate trout, except fingerlings, to individual waters with the rate and frequency to be determined by the assignment of each water to a resource category(b) The Commission will assign water areas to resource categories based on appropriately weighted biological and social factors, including the status of wild trout populations, stream width or lake area and recreational use potential as indicated by public access, parking spaces, ownership, proximity to roads, proximity to urban areas and activities of resource adoption organizations.(c) The Division of Fisheries Management will maintain a current list of resource categories, trout allocation processes and trout allocations.(d) This section supersedes other Commission policies or operating procedures to the extent inconsistent with this section. The provisions of this §57.2 amended September 16, 2005, effective 9/17/2005, 35 Pa.B. 5133.