...safety and allow managers to supplement wild populations until long-term threats like habitat loss can be addressed. Without captive propagation programs, many fish would go extinct in the wild.

But spawning and rearing wild fish in captivity is not as easy as it may sound. It requires scientists to retain in captive fish the attributes and natural adaptive potential of wild stocks. Every aspect of the fish's ecology must be considered to accomplish this, including what and how to feed...

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