Ouellette questions Minister in Legislature

QUEEN’S PARK – Jerry Ouellette, MPP Oshawa today confirmed the Ministry of Natural Resources will continue stocking Chinook salmon into Lake Ontario.

“I am delighted the Minister has clarified his position and reversed his stance from earlier comments made in Ontario Out of Doors magazine,” says Jerry Ouellette MPP, Oshawa.

Responding to questioning from Mr. Ouellette in the Ontario Legislature on Monday, Minister Ramsay refused to deny the Ministry of Natural Resources was moving away from stocking Chinook salmon in the Great Lakes.

“On behalf of anglers across the province, I am pleased to hear the MNR is continuing with Chinook salmon stocking, and I hope the Atlantic salmon program is designed to complement an existing success story, not replace it,” states Ouellette.

Ouellette goes on to state that, “ Lake Ontario was the only Great Lake to originally hold Atlantic salmon and that with the assistance and hard work of volunteers and fishing groups across the province, it would be fantastic to see them successfully re-introduced.”