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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1632

NOTICES

FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; January 2021

[50 Pa.B. 6744]
[Saturday, November 21, 2020]

 The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is considering changes to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams. Under 58 Pa. Code § 57.8a (relating to Class A wild trout streams), it is the Commission's policy to manage self-sustaining Class A wild trout populations as a renewable natural resource to conserve that resource and the angling it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of this Commonwealth's naturally reproducing trout fisheries. With rare exceptions, the Commission manages these stream sections solely for the perpetuation of the wild trout fishery with no stocking.

 Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific. Wild Trout Biomass Class Criteria include provisions for:

(i) Wild Brook Trout Fisheries

 (A) Total brook trout biomass of at least 30 kg/ha (26.7 lbs/acre).

 (B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (C) Brook trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.

(ii) Wild Brown Trout Fisheries

 (A) Total brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).

 (B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (C) Brown trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.

(iii) Mixed Wild Brook and Brown Trout Fisheries

 (A) Combined brook and brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).

 (B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (C) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (D) Brook trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.

 (E) Brown trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.

(iv) Wild Rainbow Trout Fisheries

 Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 2.0 kg/ha (1.78 lbs/acre).

(v) Mixed Wild Brook and Rainbow Trout Fisheries

 (A) Combined brook and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).

 (B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (D) Brook trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.

 (E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.

(vi) Mixed Wild Brown and Rainbow Trout Fisheries

 (A) Combined brown and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).

 (B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).

 (D) Brown trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.

 (E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.

 During recent surveys, Commission staff documented the following stream sections to have Class A wild trout populations. The Commission intends to consider adding these waters to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams at its meeting on January 25 and 26, 2021.

County Stream Section Limits Tributary to Mouth
Lat/Lon
Brook
Trout
(kg/ha)
Brown
Trout
(kg/ha)
Rainbow
Trout
(kg/ha)
Length
(miles)
Survey
Year
Adams/
Franklin
Hayes Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth East Branch Antietam Creek 39.815808
77.458243
35.58 —- —- 2.18 2020
Cameron Archie Bark Hollow Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Mix Run 41.308426
78.223793
75.56 0.17 —- 0.86 2020
Cameron Beldin Hollow Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth East Branch Hicks Run 41.440151
78.330971
49.02 —- 2.22 2020
Cameron Little Fork Draft Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Mix Run 41.314201
78.214058
77.85 7.57 —- 1.69 2020
Cameron UNT to East Branch Hicks Run (RM 3.66) 1 Headwaters to Mouth East Branch Hicks Run 41.416580
78.305260
74.60 —- —- 0.35 2020
Cameron UNT to East Branch Hicks Run (RM 7.11) 1 Headwaters to Mouth East Branch Hicks Run 41.444286
78.351136
125.06 —- —- 1.24 2020
Centre UNT to Hayes Run (RM 0.36) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Hayes Run 41.105220
77.755750
35.39 —- —- 2.62 2020
Centre UNT to Kettle Run (RM 0.79) 1 Headwaters to Mouth Kettle Run 40.838506
77.519130
35.58 —- —- 0.95 2020
Clearfield Clear Run 1 Headwaters to I-80 Bridge Sandy Lick Creek 41.130592
78.779835
31.28 —- —- 2.70 2020
Clinton Abes Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Left Branch Hyner Run 41.380833
77.605553
38.26 1.25 —- 2.13 2020
Clinton Hensel Fork 1 Headwaters to Mouth Paddy Run 41.411667
77.788887
70.69 20.01 —- 2.42 2020
Clinton McNerny Branch 1 Headwaters to Mouth Paddy Run 41.418056
77.792221
52.84 19.72 —- 3.49 2020
Elk Barr Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth East Branch Hicks Run 41.389895
78.283429
65.66 —- —- 1.06 2020
Elk Little Bear Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Dents Run 41.362039
78.297280
98.44 —- —- 0.95 2020
Juniata/
Mifflin
Spruce Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth East Licking Creek 40.495361
77.628974
42.69 —- —- 1.92 2020
Lycoming Bonnell Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Little Pine Creek 41.447498
77.277779
86.73 7.26 —- 5.01 2020
Lycoming Gamble Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Pine Creek 41.507500
77.456108
43.19 2.61 —- 1.93 2020
Lycoming Layton Draft 1 Headwaters to Mouth Otter Run 41.411854
77.342857
92.15 —- —- 1.09 2020
Lycoming Manor Fork 1 Headwaters to Mouth Slate Run 41.512500
77.523333
44.61 8.85 —- 3.33 2020
Potter South Branch Oswayo Creek 1 Headwaters to Carpenter Road Bridge (T-354) Oswayo Creek 41.905000
78.068333
1.75 45.29 —- 3.90 2019
Potter UNT to East Branch Fishing Creek
(RM 2.54)
1 Headwaters to Mouth East Branch Fishing Creek 41.813897
78.106173
32.99 1.69 —- 2.60 2020
Schuylkill UNT to Lower Little Swatara Creek
(RM 5.37)
1 Headwaters to Mouth Lower Little Swatara Creek 40.544889
76.307740
38.25 —- —- 1.07 2020
Union Rapid Run 2 Outflow of Halfway Lake to Buffalo Path Buffalo Creek 40.957500
77.011944
2.22 61.02 —- 3.05 2020
Union UNT to Spruce Run (RM 4.09) 1 Headwaters to Inflow Spruce Run Reservoir Spruce Run 41.026550
76.982368
42.53 —- —- 1.89 2020
Westmoreland Grove Run 1 Headwaters to Mouth Linn Run 40.154167
79.225833
38.56 —- —- 1.89 2019

 Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the additions are invited to submit comments in writing to the Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at www.fishandboat.com/regcomments. If an acknowledgment of electronic comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt. Electronic comments submitted in any other manner will not be accepted.

TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER, 
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1632. Filed for public inspection November 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]



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