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Natural
Knowledge
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Vermont's five fish hatcheries produce over ten
million fish each year. The hatcheries are located
in Bennington, Salisbury, Roxbury, Newark, and Grand
Isle.
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Zebra mussels, a foreign mollusk native to the Caspian
and Black seas of Eurasia, were first identified
in the Great Lakes in 1988. In 1993 they were identified
in Lake Champlain.
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Lake Champlain Sea Grant Extension Project and New
York Sea Grant have requested help from anglers
in bringing in the sea lampreys, non-native parasitic
fish that feed on the blood and body fluids of salmon
and trout.
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