Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- April 21, 2009
Cleaner streams, better stocking make Pennsylvania fishing better than ever (:48)
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THE FIRST DAY OF TROUT SEASON SATURDAY DREW ANGLERS TO LAKES AND STREAMS ALL OVER PENNSYLVANIA. AN EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS STATEWIDE, THE FISHING'S BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN IN A LONG TIME. MORE FROM GARY ABDULLAH:
Story:
(:17) THANKS TO REDUCED POLLUTION, GOOD STOCKING PRACTICES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, PENNSYLVANIA'S ANGLERS CAN ENJOY STREAMS AND RIVERS WITH MORE FISH AND MORE SPECIES OF FISH THAN IN RECENT YEARS. PENN STATE ICHTHYOLOGIST JAY STAUFFER SAYS THE STATE FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING THE STATE A BETTER PLACE TO FISH:
Stauffer Actuality:
(:18) "I WOULD SAY THERE'S MORE THAN IN THE '60S OR '70S. BECAUSE OF MORE CLEAN-UP, LESS POLLUTANTS ARE ENTERING OUR STREAMS. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE EARLY NINETEEN-HUNDREDS, THERE USED TO BE MORE STREAMS THAT HELD GOOD POPULATIONS OF FISH THAN YOU FIND NOW. BUT COMPARED TO THE '60'S AND '70S, I THINK, YOU HAVE MORE SPECIES AND MORE FISHES."(:12) STAUFFER SAYS FISH POPULATIONS THAT ONCE WERE THOUGHT TO BE DEPLETED ARE ACTUALLY THRIVING IN THE DEEPER WATERS OF THE OHIO AND MONONGAHELA RIVERS, SO THEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE STATE'S ENDANGERED LISTS. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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