DEC fish hatchery workers 3 Fish Culturist I Les Resseguie, left, and Fish Culturist II Bob Nelson, right, remove fish from a brief anesthesia bath that temporarily stuns them to make them easier to handle, prior to collecting milt and eggs for fertilization. 4 Fish Culturist II David Domachowske nets a bunch of fingerling coho salmon which are kept in indoor tanks while they grow, untimately to be stocked in area waterways. 7 Fish Culturist I John Draper empties the tank of brown trout into the Fish Creek in the Town of Annsville. He is assisted in this task by local volunteer sportsmen. 8 Fish Culturist I John Draper takes the temperature of the water in Fish Creek after stocking it full of brown trout. • The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) operates 12 fish hatcheries throughout New York. • DEC stocks more than 2.3 million catchable-size brook, brown and rainbow trout in more than 309 lakes and ponds, and roughly 2,900 miles of streams. • Other fish species, including walleye, salmon, steelhead, tiger muskellunge, are also produced in the hatcheries. May 2015 The Work Force 11
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