Fish stocking

Fish stocking

fish in a body of water closed to fishing.

In the United States, common species that are stocked for sport include trout, muskellunge, walleye, and several species of panfish. Fish stocking may be done by governmental agencies in public waters, [cite web|url=http://www.fish.state.pa.us/stocked.htm | title = Stocking | publisher = Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission | accessdate = 2007-11-21 ] or by private groups in private waters.

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