In March, New Jersey wildlife officials announced that over 114,000 trout were euthanized at the state's Pequest Trout Hatchery due to an outbreak of the fatal bacterial disease furunculosis. On Tuesday, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife confirmed that the hatchery will be killing an additional 90,000 brook trout after the remaining raceway of trout tested positive for the disease. "Of the three species of trout affected by the disease, brook trout proved to be the most difficult to treat," the Division said in a press release. "The loss of these brook trout will result in the...
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