Data Set	Fish Stocking (Lakes): Pre 1989
PEARL ID	IFW05
PEARL Category	Fauna
Data Provider	Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Provider Contact	Name	Tim Obrey
	Affiliation	MDIFW
	E-mail	tim.obrey@maine.gov
	Web-site
Data Status (Ongoing / Complete)	Complete
First Upload to PEARL	January 12, 2005
Latest Upload to PEARL	February 9, 2006
Metadata Revised	February 9, 2006
First Year in Data Set	1937
Most Recent Year in Data Set	1988
Number of Years with Data	52
Waterbody Type(s)	Lakes
Number of Sites Sampled	1224 lakes
Abstract	This table contains MDIFW fish stocking records for lakes from 1937 to 1988.  Stocking data are aggregated by year.  Stocking data for 1989 onward (for lakes and streams) are available in a separate PEARL table, IFW06.
Key References
Map	Click HERE to view map of sites sampled for this data set.

Data Fields:  Field Name	Unit	Description
Water Code		MIDAS lake code.
Entity Type		Waterbody type.
Waterbody Name		Lake name.
County Name		County in which lake occurs.
Town Name		Town in which lake occurs.  In cases where the lake is in more than one town, the given town is the one with the greatest amount of shoreline.
HUC 12		12-digit USGS hydrologic unit code (watershed) in which lake occurs.
Year		Year of stocking.
Common Name		Common name of fish species.
Scientific Name		Scientific name of fish species.
Number Stocked		Number of individuals stocked (growth stage is not provided).