Fish Conservation and Management
COVID-19 response: temporary closures
The Government of Alberta has temporarily closed front counters at all Fish and Wildlife offices across the province.
Alberta Parks facilities, including parking lots, are also temporarily closed. For more information, visit the Alberta Parks advisories page.
For more information about Alberta’s COVID-19 response, visit COVID-19 info for Albertans.
Here's the deal. Alberta has a whole lot of anglers but only a limited number of fish. If you do the math, you can see why
this might be a problem. If everyone kept all of the fish they caught, eventually the fish would run out – and fish are
kind of an essential part of fishing.
If we want to continue enjoying fishing in Alberta for many years to come, we’ve got to do our part to make sure there are
fish in the water and that these fish have a chance to grow and to reproduce. That’s where catch and release fishing comes
Catch and release is exactly what you’d think it is: you catch a fish and then you put it back into the water. Although
it sounds pretty straightforward, there are a few catch and release techniques you can use that can make a big difference
in determining whether a fish lives or dies after you release it.
Follow these catch and release techniques the next time you’re fishing and do your part to keep fish in our future:
Learn more about fish conservation efforts in Alberta:
Bow Habitat Station
Located in Calgary, Alberta, and home to one of the largest enclosed trout hatcheries in North America, Bow Habitat Station
is the place to discover Alberta’s diverse fish species and aquatic habitats.
Updated: Feb 5, 2020