![]() ![]() Fry (newly hatched fish) for the program have been obtained from the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and raised at the DEC Chautauqua Fish Hatchery. Therefore, in 2014 DEC began a 5 year stocking program to establish a population in the watershed above the dam. Sauger in the lower Allegheny River in Pennsylvania are restricted from moving into the New York portion of the river by the Kinzua Dam. Survey by NYSDEC Region 9 Fisheries staff, 2018 Sauger caught in the Allegheny Reservoir during a boat electrofishing Initial actions are focused on the Allegheny River and Lake Champlain watersheds, where suitable habitat and adjacent populations suggest recovery is achievable. The goal outlined in the plan is to establish and maintain self-sustaining sauger populations in all suitable waters of native watersheds. Sauger Conservation Management Plan, 2013-2020 (PDF) Lawrence River, and Lake Champlain watersheds of New York, but these populations have declined to the point that perhaps only a small remnant population in Lake Champlain still exists. They were once common in the Great Lakes, St. Sauger are popular sportfish in much of their range. They occur across central and eastern North America, and typically inhabit large, turbid rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. They are highly migratory members of the true perch family, Percidae, and resemble the closely related walleye. ![]() Sauger are considered critically imperiled in New York State. Sauger caught in Lake Champlain during a fishery survey ![]()
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