hatchery

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But scientists and hatchery experts are now questioning whether these beautiful electric blue crustaceans are truly as rare as once was believed.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

In February, roughly 260 trout were transferred from a hatchery in Fillmore to a creek in Santa Barbara County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

Next, a coalition of those tribes, state agencies and nonprofits unleashed a limited supply of hatchery fish to boost runs in places like the Big Quilcene River.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Later in the spring, state hatchery managers plan to release nearly 2 million Chinook salmon smolts into the river.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Although studies are still under way to determine the exact cause of this epidemic over so wide an area, the best evidence is said to point to some agent present in the prepared hatchery feeds.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson