North Carolina, Virginia collect muskellunge for spawning, stocking

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Cross-Border Cooperation​

Virginia and North Carolina have renewed their musky brood stock program partnership. The VDWR collects adult muskies in the spring and sends them to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Eggs and sperm are collected from those fish and then hatched and raised to fingerling size. Those fingerlings are then stocked in bodies of water in North Carolina and Virginia.

Muskellunge fingerling ready for stocking (Photo: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources)© Provided by WFXR Roanoke
The muskies harvested from Virginia come from the New River. However, because the New is a self-sustaining fishery, it receives no stockings.

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