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N.D. (AP) — State wildlife officials plan to stock a record number of walleye lakes in North Dakota this summer.

The state Game and Fish Department says 130 waters are scheduled to receive a share of 9 million fingerlings in the coming weeks.

Fisheries production and development supervisor Jerry Weigel says officials need every available pond at the Garrison Dam and Valley City national fish hatcheries to meet the demand for fingerlings.

Weigel says the growth of walleye lakes is directly correlated to the increase in the number of public fishing waters in the state. He says the department now manages about 420 waters and 346,000 acres, excluding the Missouri River System.

The department in the past five years has stocked more than 48 million walleye fingerlings in waters around the state.