A number of Vancouver Island lakes usually stocked each spring with catchable-sized trout came close to losing out as Mosaic Forest Management and the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development continued access negotiations. But the two parties came to an agreement March 25 and the stocking program will proceed. In short, Mosaic had not yet given road access approval for Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC) trucks to deliver the trout [various lakes]. …“We can only keep a certain number of fish at the hatchery, so the fish that were grown for these lakes will be released into other lakes in the area,” said a statement from FFSBC Monday. …The FFSBC released the good news this week. “We just received word that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Ministry and Mosaic, and the access will be restored for stocking this spring,” says the release.