Burbot Not just another cod

摘要

Dedicated citizens and scientists in the United States and Canada are developing spawning and early rearing techniques to save this unique endangered freshwater fish. North American burbot (Lota lota maculosa) populations have declined rapidly in theKootenai(y) River and Kootenay Lake regions of Idaho, USA and British Columbia, Canada. This stock of freshwater cod has traditionally sustained valuable social, economic and sustenance fisheries for Native Americans in the region and provided sport andcommercial fishing opportunities until stocks collapsed in the 1970s and 1980s. The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (KTOI) along with the Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative (KVRI) and concerned citizens have initiated efforts to re-establish burbot in this system.