Source: Sabine Vollmer, NEWS & OBSERVER, 7/25/11


It was an audacious project from the beginning: Cross two wild bass species that do not mate, create a hybrid fish prized by white-tablecloth restaurants and Asian markets and help establish a nationwide network of growers. More than two decades ago, a group of researchers at N.C. State University's Sea Grant program set out to create the hybrid striped bass, a meaty fish about the size of a snapper that can be grown in ponds.

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