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Article: DNR PLANS TO STOCK LAKE TROUT.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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Byline: Associated Press
A new plan to restore native populations of lake trout in Lake Michigan calls for intensive stocking of the fish in deep waters.
Officials with Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources plan to discuss the new effort on Monday night at Lake Shore Technical College in Cleveland, just north of Sheboygan.
The plan involves placing lake trout in deep water off Sheboygan in an area known as the mid-reef complex and in Michigan waters near Beaver Island.
Stocking to restore lake trout started in the 1950s, but so far the fish have only been fully restored in Lake Superior.
"Spawning by stocked lake trout ...