With many fish hatcheries planning to stop stocking Lake Trout in Lake Superior after 1996, MPR’s Marianne Combs reports on the status of fish species and concerns over the obstacles fish still face in repopulating the lake.

The Lake Trout population declined sharply in the 1940's and 50's because of over-fishing combined with the invasion of the sea lamprey, an eel-like fish that preys on lake trout. Fish-monitoring groups in the U.S. and Canada say the lake trout has made a strong comeback, and it's no longer necessary to raise them in a sheltered environment. Some