US State Fish Stocking Report Aggregator

Aggregates official fish stocking reports from multiple US state wildlife agencies and returns a unified, structured dataset. Covers Utah, California, Texas, Colorado, and Pennsylvania — the highest search-volume states — with per-record fields for species, quantity, water body, county, hatchery, and stocking date.

What you get

Each stocking record includes:

Field	Description
state	US state abbreviation (UT, CA, TX, CO, PA)
agency	Wildlife agency name (e.g. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)
water_body	Name of the lake, river, pond, or reservoir
county	County where the water body is located
species	Fish species (e.g. Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Tiger Muskie)
quantity_stocked	Number of fish stocked in the event
average_size	Average size or weight of stocked fish
stocking_date	Date stocked or scheduled
planned_or_completed	Whether the event is scheduled or completed
hatchery	Source hatchery (when available)
latitude	Latitude coordinate (when published)
longitude	Longitude coordinate (when published)
source_url	Link to the source agency page
scraped_at	ISO 8601 timestamp of collection

Supported states

State	Agency	Data Source
UT	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	dwrapps.utah.gov — current season, completed events
CA	California Department of Fish and Wildlife	nrm.dfg.ca.gov — plant schedule, planned events
TX	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department	tpwd.texas.gov — Rainbow Trout season schedule
CO	Colorado Parks and Wildlife	cpw.state.co.us — weekly stocking reports
PA	Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission	pa.gov — notice of stocking

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
states	array of strings	["UT","CA","TX","CO","PA"]	State abbreviations to include
maxItems	integer	1000	Maximum records to return

Usage

Run with default settings to get all supported states:

{
  "states": ["UT", "CA", "TX", "CO"],
  "maxItems": 500
}

For a single state:

{
  "states": ["UT"],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Notes

• Data is sourced directly from official state wildlife agency websites — no intermediary.
• Stocking seasons typically run March–October. Running outside of season may return fewer records for some states.
• Colorado records are enqueued from an index page and each water body links to an individual stocking report page.
• Pennsylvania support is best-effort — the PA Fish and Boat Commission page structure may vary.
• Coordinates (latitude/longitude) are blank for agencies that do not publish geocoded data.