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05-05-2005, 09:26 PM
Power outage kills 300,000 trout

Power repairs at U.S. hatchery in Warren go awry

April 30, 2005

By Anita Srikameswaran and Alana Semuels, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A seven-hour power outage at a federal fish hatchery in Warren killed 300,000 lake trout that were ready to stock Lake Erie and Lake Ontario this year.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a scheduled power outage for line repair Tuesday was followed by a surge that blew out the hatchery's backup generator.

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