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Coast. Since the 1900s the limit has spiraled down and currently stands at six fish per day —too many people wanting too many fish and a loss of habitat have reduced the population to dangerously low levels. Strict standards have been enforced emphasizing sport rather than food.

The “brook” doesn’t take well to hatcheries. The hatched fish are not nearly as skittish, and also have a much higher mortality rate than their native counterparts.

The fate of the native brook trout, as with other animals, seems dim due to the loss of habitat and the ever widening encroachment of civilization. It is a large price we all pay for “progress.”

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