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Posted On: September 10th 2007
Posted By: Adam Coozer
Source: Ananova |
Conservationists save wrong fish
Efforts to save a rare fish suffered a setback when scientists realised they'd been restocking rivers and lakes with the wrong species.
Researchers at the University of Colorado have been trying to restore the cutthroat trout, Colorado's official state fish, to its native habitat since the early 1970s.
They described the blow to the expensive, decades-long effort as a "setback", reports the Rocky Mountain News.
"This was a very surprising result," said Jessica Metcalf, a researcher at CU who led the study. "It's not at all what we expected."
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