DEC stocks close to 2 million catchable-size brook, brown, and rainbow trout in over 309 lakes and ponds and roughly 2,900 miles of streams across the state each spring. This dataset represents the planned stocking numbers, species and time of spring for those waters for the current fishing season. The current stocking data is updated annually in mid-March.
This dataset has the following 9 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | Year for which planned fish stocking is scheduled. | 2024 view top 100 |
| DEC Region | dec_region | number | DEC Region where planned stocking will occur. • Region 1: (Long Island) Nassau and Suffolk counties; • Region 2: (New York City) Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island; • Region 3: (Lower Hudson Valley) Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties; • Region 4: (Capital Region/Northern Catskills) Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties; • Region 5: (Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain) Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; • Region 6: (Western Adirondacks/Eastern Lake Ontario) Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties; • Region 7: (Central New York) Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties; • Region 8: (Western Finger Lakes) Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties; • Region 9: (Western New York) Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties. A map of NYSDEC regions can be found on NYSDEC’s website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/50230.html. | 5 3 4 9 6 view top 100 |
| County | county | text | NYS county where planned stocking will occur. | Essex Sullivan Delaware Oneida Suffolk view top 100 |
| Town | town | text | Town where planned stocking will occur. | Brookhaven Wilmington Minerva Rockland North Elba view top 100 |
| Waterbody | waterbody | text | Name of waterbody stocking has been requested to take place. | Delaware River West Branch Kinderhook Creek West Canada Creek West Branch Ausable River Goose Creek view top 100 |
| Date | date | text | Approximate season or month(s) when the planned stocking is scheduled to occur. | April - first week Spring April - second week April - third week May - first week view top 100 |
| Number | number | number | Number of fish planned to be stocked. | 100 210 40 320 50 view top 100 |
| Species Name | species_name | text | Species of fish planned to be stocked. | Brown Trout Rainbow Trout Brook Trout view top 100 |
| Size (inches ) | size_inches | text | Size range of fish to be stocked. | 9 - 10 inches 12 -15 inches 8 inches 12 -14 inches view top 100 |