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Nov 21, 2008 9:00 am US/Pacific

California Agrees To Limit Trout Stocking

Environment & The Green Beat

SACRAMENTO (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Fingerling rainbow trout swim in a hatchery pond.
CBS

The California Department of Fish and Game has agreed to stop adding millions of hatchery-raised trout to many of the state's mountain rivers and lakes.

The agreement was reached between the state and two environmental groups as part of a 2006 lawsuit over declines in native fish and frogs.

Noah Greenwald is a conservation biologist with the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups that sued the state. He says the agreement will preserve native species while the state prepares a more comprehensive environmental review of its fish-stocking programs.

The deal allows stocking programs in reservoirs that are not connected to rivers.

Jordan Traverso, a spokeswoman for the Department of Fish and Game, says the agreement will go before a Sacramento County Superior Court judge on Monday for approval.