9.09.2007

Ooops

Efforts to save a rare fish suffered a setback when scientists realised they'd been restocking rivers and lakes with the wrong species.

Researchers at the University of Colorado have been trying to restore the cutthroat trout, Colorado's official state fish, to its native habitat since the early 1970s.

They described the blow to the expensive, decades-long effort as a "setback", reports the Rocky Mountain News.

(Conservationists save wrong fish - Ananova)

Yeah, but the ones they used are pretty much the same, says some guy from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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