The secret lives of triploid trout
<p>Just in time for <a href="https://wdfw.wa.gov/news/trout-fishing-season-kicks-april-24-hundreds-lowland-lakes-open-trout-derby-gets-underway" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the statewide lowland lakes opener and the beginning of trout season</a>, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is conducting a first-of-its-kind study to evaluate the movement and behavior of triploid and diploid rainbow trout in 29 Western Washington lakes — and we’re asking for help from the angling public.</p>
<p>Triploid trout — so called because they have three sets of chromosomes instead of the normal two (diploid) — are sterile fish that WDFW stocks in some lakes to help reduce interaction with native species living in the same waters. </p>
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