josh keslar, fisheries technician

Josh Keslar, Fisheries Technician

Mission: To protect, conserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources and

provide fishing and boating opportunities

Overview

2016 Review

New Nurseries

2016 Grant

Emergency Inspections

2016 Stocking Data

Trout Stocking

892,773 Trout

72,086 Steelhead

62,358 Lake Erie Brown Trout

1,027,397 trout stocked for angling!!!

2016 Stocking Data

Warm Water/Cool Water Stocking

5,153 Largemouth Bass

97 Tiger Muskellunge

604 Channel Catfish

700,000 Walleye fry

2016 Volunteer Data

127,126 volunteer hours

280 derbies

2016 Financial Data

Feed; $429,042.59

$0.67/pound

Electricity; $105,293.53

Improvements; $186,340.35

Co-op cost; $0.95/fish

New NurseriesLRSA/ B-C Bait, Inc. (Carbon)

SEHC/Rockwood High School (Somerset)

SEHC/Berlin Community Grove (Somerset)

General Braddock Fish Club (Fayette)

PA Striped Bass Association (Huntingdon)

2016 Review

Beginning 2016

147 Sponsors/162 Nurseries

End 2016

147 Sponsors/164 Nurseries

2016 Grant ProgramFY 2016-2017

$30,000 Available

32 Applications; $63,628.78

18 Approved; $35,489.88

Emergency Inspections129 Travel Inspections

24,094 miles

2016 Major IssuesFlow

Exchange Rates

Ideal rate is 3 exchanges / hour

Water Temperature

Exchange RateDepth of raceway (average)

Width of raceway

Length of raceway

Water flow in gallons per minute

Exchange Rate 2’ (depth) x 4’ (width) x 25’ (length) = 200 cfw

200 cfw x 7.48 (gal/cfw) = 1,496 gal water

75 gpm x 60 min/hr = 4,500 gph

4,500 gph / 1,496 gal water = 3.01 exchanges per

hour

Exchange Rate

1.5’ (depth) x 4’ (width) x 25’ (length) = 150 cfw

150 cfw x 7.48 (gal/cfw) = 1,122 gal water

75 gpm x 60 min/hr = 4,500 gph

4,500 gph / 1,122 gal water = 4.01 exchanges per

hour

Ichthyopthirius multifiliis Ich

One of Largest Parasites

Most Prevalent @ 59°-77°F

Horizontal Transmission

Gyrodactylus

Monogenetic Trematode

Common Aquatic Parasite

Degraded Water Quality

Oxygen/Temperature/Flow

Nursery PracticesSeparate nets for each section of raceway

Routinely keep raceways clean

Scrape/ Sweep/ Vacuum Raceway

Stop Feeding

Water temperature is greater than 65 °F

Fish aren’t eating

Mortalities are rising

Salt Treatment

0.5% Salt Treatment

Lbs. of salt = 1.25 lbs. of salt x water flow (gpm)

Lbs. of salt = 1.25 lbs. of salt x 150 gpm = 187.5

lbs. of salt

Salt Treatment

1.0 % Salt Treatment

Lbs. of salt = 2.5 lbs. of salt x water flow (gpm)

Lbs. of salt = 2.5 lbs. of salt x 150 gpm = 375 lbs.

of salt

Flow Reduction

Saves Time, Money, and Your Back

Treatment Containers

Questions?