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State to Promote Fishing on the Internet

March 26, 2008 - The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife has announced a partnership with the Maine Office of Tourism to promote statewide fishing opportunities on its tourist Web site, www.visitmaine.com.

Fishing is one of three specialty topics on the site, joining Maine cuisine and the state's historic lighthouses.

More than 1 million people check the Web site each year in order to plan their Maine vacation. Roland "Dan" Martin, commissioner of the DIF&W, said including fishing as a specialty page will make it easier for tourists to join Mainers on our lakes and rivers.

Among the points of emphasis on the fishing page:

* Maine has more miles of native brook trout waters -- plus ponds and streams -- than any other state in the country.

* Maine has the largest wild native brook trout populations in the country.

* Besides Alaska, Maine is the only state with landlocked Arctic char.

* Maine leads the country with 160 waters managed for landlocked salmon.

* The Rapid River in Oxford County has some of the largest wild river brook trout found south of Labrador, Canada.

According to statistics compiled by the Maine Office of Tourism, fishing is one of the most popular terms searched by visitors to www.visitmaine.com.

The site will include licensing information, fishing regulations, tips for catching and releasing fish, opportunity by region, a list of waters open to year-round fishing, youth fishing programs and a list of Maine lake survey maps.

Visitors will also learn how to avoid introducing invasive aquatic plants, the proper use of live bait and be introduced to the regulations regarding illegal fish stocking and the efforts of Operation Game Thief to stop poaching.

SOURCE: Bangor Daily News

DATE: 03-22-2008


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