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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 27 > Why the drop in Crooked River trout?

Why the drop in Crooked River trout?

Thanks to a device that delivers a fish-stunning electric current to the water, scientists are able to study the population and form some theories to explain the decline

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
June 27, 2009

As anglers elsewhere on the Crooked River rhythmically cast back and forth, trying for a nibble from a redband trout, the biologists in a drift boat had a more effective method.

A beam stuck out from the boat’s bow, holding a spider-like contraption over the water. Wires dangled into....

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