San Marcos, TX, United States
Site of San Marcos National Fish Hatchery. (First Federal fish hatchery in Texas) Established in 1893 on the 25-acre tract known as the W. D. Wood place. In early years the fish produced here were used to stock streams and ponds for sport purposes. Later this site became a pilot plant for testing ne
w techniques of hatchery production. Here too, the tropical South African fish "tilapia" was bred in an effort to introduce non-native fish suitable for game fishing into the United States. At the tim
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