Trouts (IMAGE)

Penn State

Trouts

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The difference between a wild brook trout (top) and a hatchery-raised brook trout is striking, and the wild fish have evolved to survive in harsh, small-stream environments. Despite many decades of stocking by the state, in this one watershed at least, wild fish had very few genes from hatchery trout.

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Shannon White, Penn State

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