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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 25 > Marking hatchery fish with a telltale dye

Marking hatchery fish with a telltale dye

Researchers hope to distinguish the fish from native ones

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
April 25, 2008

CAMP SHERMAN — Sitting on the banks of the Metolius River with a black garbage bag covering her head and hands, biologist Megan Hill shone an ultraviolet light on a tiny chinook salmon.

Swimming in a plastic bucket, the fry look like any other — light brown with dark spots....

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