Operate and maintain six hatchery facilities to produce trout and salmon to meet fisheries management needs in new hampshire, and support angling opportunities statewide

New Hampshire Fish & Game received a $3.8 million formula grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The award funds the operation and maintenance of six hatchery facilities dedicated to producing and stocking approximately one million trout and salmon annually to support fisheries management objectives and recreational angling opportunities throughout New Hampshire. Core activities include fish acquisition, propagation, and culture; fish health testing; waterbody stocking according to established management plans; hatchery staff training; facilities maintenance and repair; and hatchery system administration.

The grant is designed to improve angling opportunities for state residents and visitors by supplementing freshwater sport fish resources dependent on hatchery production, while ensuring the facilities maintain compliance with applicable federal and state fish culture standards. Expected outcomes include enhanced cost-effectiveness of facility operations and increased recreational access to catchable-size trout and salmon. No subrecipients are performing work under this award, with all activities conducted directly by New Hampshire Fish & Game.

Nearly a million trout and salmon are stocked annually to meet management goals for specified waters in new hampshire. Activities to be performed include acquisition, propagation, and culture of the appropriate species, size and numbers of fish specified in the management plan for cultured fish, fish health testing, stocking waterbodies according to plan, training of hatchery staff, facilities maintenance and repair, and hatchery system administration expected outcomes include improved angling opportunities for residents and visitors to the state by supplementing freshwater sport fish resources that are dependent on a hatchery product, improved cost effectiveness of operating the facilities, and the ability to meet federal and state standards regulating fish culture facilities. Intended beneficiaries include the public, which will benefit from appropriate management of state fishery resources, and recreational angers in particular who will benefit from enhanced opportunity for catchable size trout and salmon. There are no anticipated subrecipients preforming work under this award.