Port Credit Salmon and Trout Association

Strengthening Salmon and Trout Populations in Port Credit
The Port Credit Salmon and Trout Association (PCSTA) was formed in early 2010 to organize local interest in helping to rebuild Lake Ontario’s historic salmon and trout populations after a decade of noticeable decline. Lake Ontario has always been home to varieties of these treasured fish and Port Credit was once home to a lively commercial fishing industry. Today, the fishery is recreational, with pacific salmon and rainbow trout being the most sought after fish, followed by brown trout, another introduced species. An effort to reintroduce native Atlantic salmon to Lake Ontario has been underway for many years. Lake Ontario’s $180 million Chinook Salmon industry is particularly important to the village, which prides itself as the Salmon Capital of Ontario. Port Credit is home-base for the province’s largest salmon derby and a sizable fleet of salmon fishing boats and charter operations.

Port Credit's Pen Project
In April 2010, the Port Credit Salmon and Trout Association plans to help raise 5,000 baby Chinook Salmon until they are strong enough to fend for themselves out in the big lake. Their home will be a specially designed pen, or floating cage, that is about the size of a small car. Fed a steady diet, they will grow quickly. These salmon are hatched from eggs collected from the Credit River last Fall and raised in the Ringwood fish hatchery. They will be about 4-6 inches long by the time they are released in Port Credit in mid-May.

Help Us Help Port Credit's Salmon and Trout
Our work is supported by a fast-growing network of volunteers and donors who love the lake, Port Credit and the fish that call both their home. If you support what we are doing, please let us know.

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