Thousands of fishes were dumped from a plane into lakes across the state of Utah just last week. Wildlife officials say the goal was to restock the states lakes with fishes, which is only possible if done aerially.
While some people who had watched the viral video of the fishes tumbling down the planes in Utah described the restocking as a bombardment , officials assure that the fishes survival was incredibly high .
According to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), 200 high-elevation lakes across the state were restocked with fishes by use of airplanes, and that they had proven this as an efficient method since 1956