Even a River Monster Starts Out Small

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It's hard to believe that these sturgeons were too small to be stocked out with their siblings. While on display at the hatchery's public aquarium, they have grown into the mini-river monsters you see today.  This fish and four others were stocked into the French Broad River, NC with this year's fish.    

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Aquaculture
Aquatic animals
Biologists (USFWS)
Children
Education
Employees (USFWS)
Fish hatcheries
Fishes
Work of the Service
Youth