Surrogate Parents for Endangered Trout

Using the work of Japanese scientists who wanted to boost the population of bluefin tuna, Idaho researchers will begin experimenting with “surrogate broodstocking

” to see if they can use the techniqe to replenish stocks of sockeye salmon and other endangered salmonids. “The new method is ‘one of the best things that has happened in a long time in bringing something new into conservation biology,’ said University of Idaho zoology professor Joseph Cloud, who is leading the U.S. government-funded sockeye project.” Lauran Neergaard of the Associated Press. (Thanks to reader Wayne Hadley for this link.)