The Province has released its detailed recovery plan for the dwindling Kokanee stocks in Kootenay Lake.
It estimates a full recovery will take between six and twelve years.
The primary tools for recovery will be to supplement Kokanee eggs and fry from outside sources in BC Â into the Meadow Creek spawning channel and Lardeau River.
Other elements include continued nutrient additions and sport fishing closures.
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Kokanee numbers are at their lowest on record in Kootenay Lake. They have been decimated by their main predator- the Rainbow Trout and Bull Trout – which are also now in decline.
A public open house on the Kokanee Lake Action Plan goes Thursday evening at the Balfour Hall 7 pm till 9 pm.