Tomcod and smelt a thing of the past for CT?

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Heather Fried a uconn graduate student and Steven Brown an undergradate student are pulling a 110' net in CT. rivers and coming up empty for Tomcod and Smelt. Smelt are on the threatened species list for CT. Several reasons seem to be a cause for not finding any. Degradation of spawning areas, dam construction, stripe bass predation, and even global warming. These fish need cold waters and we have been getting warmer winters, especially in the 90's. In 1922 hatcheries tried to resupply but have long since stopped. Only time will tell if we see these fish again
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