How to Raise a Fish: Stocking Salmonids with Tim Knedler — WildFed Podcast #025
In this episode:
Tim Knedler | Fish Culture Supervisor at the New Gloucester Hatchery of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Podcast discussion:
About the New Gloucester Fishery in Maine
Comparing hatcheries to fisheries
Working together with game wardens
What hatchery fish eat …and do they really taste like liver?
Changing opinions on hatcheries
The backstory of hatcheries
Advice for getting into fishing
The value of hunting, fishing & foraging
Who funds hatcheries
Where fish stocking takes place in Maine
An audio tour of the hatchery room
How hatchery fish are raised
Predation of hatchery fish
Moving fish from hatcheries to natural bodies of water
How hatchery fish integrate into the ecosystem
Mistakes made during the history of Maine's hatcheries
Lessons learned & concluding thoughts
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Meet Tim Knedler
Photo credit: John Ewing, Portland Press Herald article “Good time to wet a line (Fishing season is open)”
Tim Knedler is the Fish Culture Supervisor at the New Gloucester State Fish Hatchery of Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (MDIFW) where he oversees the facility's annual production of 60,000 catchable fish, including brown trout, brook trout & rainbow trout. A passionate fisherman and hunter, Tim also teaches hunter safety courses for Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.