Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture Sampling
Central NY Report
The Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) is a partnership between state and federal agencies, regional and local governments, businesses, conservation organizations, academia, scientific societies, and private citizens. The EBTJV was formed to halt the decline of brook trout and restore fishable populations. For more information on the EBJTV visit their web site, which can be found under Links Leaving DEC's Website in the right hand column.
The DEC is just one of the many partners in the EBTJV. Across the state, Regional fisheries staff are surveying waters with the potential to support brook trout. Many of these waters are small unnamed streams that have never been surveyed or survey data is outdated. Between 2008 and 2019 a total of 539 of these potential waters have been surveyed in Central New York (DEC Region 7). Some of these surveys were EBJTV while others were stream reclassification surveys. Brook trout were found in 174 of these waters.
| Year | Number of Surveys | Surveys Brook Trout Found | % Surveys Brook Trout Found | Number of Brook Trout Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 31 | 4 | 13% | 9 |
| 2009 | 28 | 7 | 25% | 51 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 18% | 5 |
| 2011 | 414 | 137 | 33% | 1,171 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 67% | 42 |
| 2014 | 11 | 3 | 27% | 42 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 83% | 51 |
| 2016 | 11 | 6 | 55% | 82 |
| 2017 | 13 | 3 | 23% | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 29% | 9 |
| 2019 | 20 | 12 | 60% | 129 |
