Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
And now we have hatchery stations that can't make, or just barely make, broodstock needs even with no fishing. With the poor ocean survivals these days, I'd like to see an analysis of each hatchery program to see if any of them pencil out economically, or if we're just pouring money down a hatchery rat hole.


I'd wager that's now true of most every PS winter steelhead program. Spinning their wheels for the sake of spinning their wheels... an end unto itself with little or no actual benefit to the recreational fisheries for which they were intended.
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