Historical Fish Stocking Records from 1900 to 2012

Fish stocking records document the release of fish into water bodies for management and conservation. The collection spans 113 years from 1900 to 2012 and was compiled by the Government of Ontario. It includes details on species, rearing location, developmental stage, and stocking dates.

Use Cases

• Analyze stocking trends by species and developmental stage over the 113-year period.
• Model the relationship between spawning year and subsequent stocking date for different stock strains.
• Map stocking activities using rearing location data to assess geographic distribution of efforts.
• Study the frequency and source of stocking events using the data source and stocking date fields.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 113 years from 1900 to 2012.
• Includes multiple specific data fields such as species, rearing location, and developmental stage.

Limitations

• Data is not recent, ending in 2012, limiting analysis of current stocking practices.
• Unknown row count and sample size prevent assessment of statistical power.
• Geographic coverage is likely biased towards Ontario, Canada, based on the publisher.

Provenance

Source

Government of Ontario.

Collection Method

Compiled historical records from fish stocking programs.

Time Range

1900 to 2012.

Freshness

Dataset metadata was updated in March 2026, but the underlying data records end in 2012.

Geography

Primarily Ontario, Canada, inferred from publisher.