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New York State Fresh-water Fish
New York State Fish: Brook Trout
Courtesy: N.Y. Department of Conservation
The brook trout was initially adopted as New York's state fish back in 1975.
In 2006, bills were introduced in the New York State Assembly and the State Senate proposing that the striped bass be designated the official state "marine or salt water" fish. The approved bill, Sentate Bill No. 8153, also amended current law to make room for the new "marine or salt water fish" by renaming the brook trout the state "fresh-water" fish.
The brook trout was re-adopted, so to speak, as the official state "fresh-water fish" when Governor George Pataki signed Senate Bill No. 8153 on August 16, 2006
New York Law
The following information was excerpted from the Laws of New York, State, Article 6, Section 80.
STL - State.
Article 6 - ARMS AND GREAT SEAL OF STATE.
SECTION 80 - State fresh-water fish.
§ 80. State fresh-water fish. The brook or speckled trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) shall be the official fresh-water fish of the state of New York.
Sources...
Laws of New York. New York State Legislature. 2009. 12 March 2009
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.
New York State Fish: Brook Trout
Photograph: Eric Engbretson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Additional Information
New York State Fish - Brook Trout: Brief description from the New York State Library.
Coloring page: Printable coloring page from the New York State Legislature.
The Trout of New York: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Brook Trout: Trout Unlimited Conserving, protecting and restoring North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.
Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout): University of Michgan Musuem of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.
Salvelinus fontinalis: CalPhoto photographs. The Biodiversity Sciences Technology group (BSCIT), a part of the Berkeley Natural History Museums at the University of California, Berkeley.
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814): Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (01/2009).
Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814): Integrated Taxonomic Information System! Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture: The nation's first pilot project under the National Fish Habitat Initiative, which directs locally-driven efforts that build private and public partnerships to improve fish habitat. The long-term goals of the EBTJV are to develop a comprehensive restoration and education strategy to improve aquatic habitat, to raise education awareness, and to raise federal, state and local funds for brook trout conservation.
State Fish: Complete list of official state fish.
More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official New York state symbols.
Flyfisher's Guide to New York
by Eric H. Newman
Flyfisher's Guide to New York, by Eric H. Newman. 600 pages. Wilderness Adventures Press (January 1, 2002) From the fabled Beaverkill, Willowemoc, and Delaware Rivers in the Catskills and the great flyfishing waters of the Adirondacks to the outstanding flyfishing in the Great Lakes, Eric Newman covers all of the many fishing opportunities in the Flyfisher's Guide to New York. Eric covers the fly-fishing opportunities for rainbow, brook trout, brown and lake trout, steelhead, landlocked salmon, chinook & coho salmon, muskie, smallmouth bass, and other warmwater species. Eric gives a detailed description of each water with how and when to fish it along with 35 hatch charts and recommended flies.
New York Fishing Map Book Guides Set, Sportsman's Connection. Five regional fishing map guide books which include color contour lake maps, area road maps, stocking and survey data, fishing tips and marked fishing spots by local experts. Featuring hundreds of great fishing waters!
Brook Trout
by Nick Karas
Brook Trout, by Nick Karas. 388 pages. The Lyons Press; 1st edition (November 2002) The much maligned brook trout gets star billing in this encyclopedic, readable study of Salvelinus fontinalis from Newsday outdoor columnist Karas.
The Brook Trout and the Determined Angler, By Charles Barker Bradford. 88 pages. Read Country Books (June 1, 2005) First published in the U.S.A. in 1900. The author was a well known fisherman and a prolific sporting writer who contributed many articles to the American field sports press of that era. This book is a collection of some of the best of these. Illustrated by full page black and white illustrations and photos and a number of small pen and ink sketches.
Brook Trout Canvas
Canvas Print, The Brook Trout, by George Sheringham. (Showing Brilliant or Breeding Season Coloration) - 30" x 20" Canvas Print stretched over wood frame.
Trout and Salmon of North America
by Robert J. Behnke
Trout and Salmon of North America, by Robert J. Behnke. 384 pages. Free Press (September 24, 2002) Behnke, professor emeritus of fishery and wildlife biology at Colorado State University, has brought his more than 50 years of studying, and fishing for salmon and trout, to wonderful effect. He provides readers with an authoritative compendium of the evolution, biology, ecology, habitats and behaviors of these prized game fish. A capsule legend that includes scientific name, other common names, habitat, size, life span and diet accompanies each entry, amazingly illustrated by Tomelleri, whose fish seem to shimmer on the pages. Habitat maps, which include coastal waters, rivers, streams and lakes, are detailed and specific enough to be taken on fishing excursions. The book includes a good deal of fishing lore, as in the notations that describe the best flies, bait and lures for specific types of fish and locales.
About Trout: The Best of Robert Behnke from Trout Magazine, by Robert J. Behnke. 272 pages. The Lyons Press (September 1, 2007) Behnke brings scientific expertise, a sense of humor and a flair for drama to this collection of 43 essays previously published as his About Trout column in conservation organization Trout Unlimited's Trout magazine. Behnke considers the evolution, historic and current distribution, biological characteristics and defining physical traits of various species of trout and salmon-from the common brown trout and well-known Atlantic salmon to the rare Apache trout and the once-presumed extinct, now-endangered Alvord cutthroat trout.
Trout Rigs & Methods
by Dave Hughes
Trout, by Ray Bergman. 576 pages. The Derrydale Press (October 25, 2000) Trout is arguably the finest single volume ever produced on how, why, and where to catch trout. In spite of being originally published in 1938 (Penn Publishing Company), it remains utterly relevant.
Trout Rigs & Methods, by Dave Hughes. 322 pages. Stackpole Books (January 10, 2007) Clear and simple instruction and explanation describes 18 trout rigs and 81 methods to fish them. In moving water: rigs and methods for dry flies and emergers, nymphs, wet flies, streamers, and dry flies and droppers. In stillwater: dry flies and sunk flies.Fly fishers learn the specifics of the rig--types of fly line, lengths and tapers of leader and tippet, the flies, and split shot, putty weight, strike indicators, droppers, point flies, and indicators--and the full array of methods to present the rig to the trout.
Essential Trout Flies, by Dave Hughes. 92 pages. Stackpole Books (April 2000) A core list of flies that will catch trout anywhere, in every season, this collection includes the most important patterns in a wide range of styles, from dry flies to streamers. The tying steps for each pattern are illustrated in step-by-step photos with detailed captions, followed by photos and recipes for the six most useful variations-217 patterns in all. Each chapter features a description of the insect the pattern imitates as well as expert information on how and when to fish the fly.
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