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As the aquatic habitat changes from natural or human influences, the natural production of fish declines. Aquaculture is one of the many management strategies used by biologists to help replenish the populations for years to come. In recent years, D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery has provided between 50,000 and 80,000 catchable size fish (14" to 20") annually to support fishing on the Indian Reservations of South Dakota and eastern Montana. 

A large fish stocking truck with a metal tank on the back is backed up the edge of a large lake. A pipe stick out from the end of the tank with water - and fish - shooting out through the air and into the water. An employee is knelt down on top of the stocking tank looking into the tank with a broom to make sure all of the trout make it out of the tank and into the lake. Green grass surrounds the truck and a cloudless clear blue sky is above the truck.
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