If you weren’t able to attend, or if you’d like to revisit the presentation, the recording is now available on BEAT’s YouTube Channel.
Join Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) for an in-depth webinar examining how MassWildlife’s fish stocking program conflicts with the state’s biodiversity mandate and what science tells us about its ecological impacts. Each year, nearly half a million hatchery-raised, non-native trout are released into rivers, lakes, and streams across Massachusetts, often into habitats that still support native eastern brook trout. Research shows that stocking non-native fish disrupts freshwater ecosystems, accelerates the declines of native species, contributes to pollution, and wastes significant public resources — as most stocked fish die shortly after release.