Pacific Aquafarms given Lake Skinner catfish stocking contract
Pacific Aquafarms has been given the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District contract to stock channel catfish at Lake Skinner.The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District board members are the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, and on May 9 the county supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the agreement for Pacific Aquafarms Inc., to stock catfish at Lake Skinner, Lake Cahuilla in La Quinta and Rancho Jurupa Regional Park. Pacific Aquafarms will stock 4,500 pounds of catfish at each lake and will be paid $60,075 for the 13,500 pounds of catfish.More than 45,000 anglers annually patronize the Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District lakes. The park district issued a request for quotes on Feb. 10 to stock 13,500 pounds of channel catfish and