42 2019 Annual Report • Fisheries
R E S T O R I N G F R E S H W A T E R
M U S S E L S T O H I S T O R I C A L
R A N G E
Efforts began in 2014 to restore native freshwater mussels back
into their historical range in Nebraska streams. Since 2016, 14,000
plain pocketbook mussels and 5,700 fat muckets have been released.
Mussels were not released in 2019 into streams where high water
existed; instead, those mussels are being held in hatcheries. Mussel
production in 2019 includes 42,000 plain pocketbook and 23,000 fat
muckets. All released mussels have been marked or tagged to identify
them.
Tagging endangered plain pocketbook mussels at the North Platte State Fish
Hatchery.
