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OSWEGO (AP) -- A new visual identification guide for salmon and trout in Lake Ontario is available to anglers.
The New York Sea Grant says the publication is its first-ever full-color visual identification guide for the salmon and trout species found in the lake. It features 23 anatomically correct illustrations that show the differences among the species, improving correct identification by anglers.
The guide is printed on waterproof, tear-resistant paper and can fit in a typical tackle box. It's available at various Sea Grant educational events along the lakeshore, and it's online at www.seagrant.sunysb.edu.
The New York Sea Grant is part of a federal and state program that promotes stewardship of the nation's coastal resources. Based at Long Island's Stony Brook University, the program also has offices at Cornell University in Ithaca and Oswego State College.
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