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NGPC highlights hatchery upgrades, larger trout stocking and a volunteer sonar study
Summary
NGPC described hatchery pond-lining at North Platte to boost fish growth, plans to stock 57,000 trout in March and another 28,000+ in April, and invited anglers to help a study on live imaging sonar; hatchery staff cited feeding and temperature as levers to grow trout larger.
NGPC officials outlined recent hatchery improvements and production adjustments intended to deliver larger fish to anglers and to support education and research efforts.
Tony Baroda described a pond-lining project at the North Platte Fish Hatchery that aims to conserve water, retain nutrients and increase fish biomass; early comparisons between lined and unlined ponds show improved growth for walleye and saugeye. Baroda also…
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