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Jun052014

Study: Hatcheries can disrupt steelhead navigation

DateThursday, June 5, 2014 at 12:00AM

Yet further proof hatchery fish are inferior to the wild variety.

A new study suggests steelhead trout can have trouble using the Earth's magnetic field to navigate if they were raised in a hatchery, where the field may be distorted by iron pipes.

LINK (via: Idaho Business Review)

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