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Article: FISH OUT OF WATER
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
- Article date:
- March 8, 2002
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FISH OUT OF WATER -- DROUGHT THREATENS TO DRY UP N.J. TROUT SEASON
By CANDY J. COOPER, STAFF WRITER
Date: 03-08-2002, Friday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B
Wanted: Good homes for 600,000 trout.
New Jersey has raised hundreds of thousands of fish just large
enough to fill a dinner plate, give or take room for a baked potato.
Problem is, the drought is quickly sucking the last drops out of the
streams, rivers, reservoirs, and lakes where the state usually stocks
these tasty fellows in time for trout season.
On Thursday, Bob Papson and other state biologists began scouring
the state in search of water. Papson leaped a ...