Excerpt from Historical Overview of Fisheries Studies and Sport Fisheries Monitoring Plan for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The legislation establishing the park was passed on May 22, 1926, and land acquisition began. Most of the land was acquired by 1934. Powers (1929) described the distribution of trout in several park streams, with emphasis on the brook trout (salvelinus fontinalis). By 1931, many streams had been closed to fishing because, prior to establishment of the park, individual anglers were reported to be taking as many as 100 fish per day. In an attempt to reclaim the populations, a stocking program was begun by the Park Service on some of the streams, and some stocked streams remained closed for up to three years to allow recovery.
The Bureau of Fisheries, the predecessor of the u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, began studying park fishes in the 19305. Burrows (1935) surveyed several of the park streams. The purpose of this survey was to determine the biological, chemical, and physical conditions of the streams; to determine species, size, and number of fish for which each stream was best adapted; and to locate possible rearing pool sites.
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