Rainbows
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F&G to Wipe Out Rainbows in South Fork Snake River
As part of an ongoing effort to protect the genetic integrity of the native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the South Fork Snake River and reduce their hybridization with non-native rainbow trout, fisheries biologists from Idaho Fish and Game will be manually removing rainbow and hybrid trout over the next few weeks. Fish will be stunned using electro-shocking equipment and then transported to local fishing water around the Upper Snake Region for anglers to continue to enjoy.
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Whirling Disease Resistant Rainbows
After more than 20 years of study, frustration, experimentation and dogged persistence by CPW’s aquatic researchers, the tide has turned in the fight against Whirling-disease.
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MDC to Stock 10-Pound Rainbows
In that same theme of making things bigger, MDC will stock an increased number of extra-large lunker rainbow trout this season.
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Farming Rainbows Steelhead in Puget Sound
Yesterday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) began a 21-day public comment period regarding Cooke Aquaculture’s proposal to farm sterile (triploid) rainbow trout/steelhead in Puget Sound.