Everybody thinks the Quinalt river management which produces huge amounts of fish should be the model to follow.

Well I dont think so. Ive read some stuff that says the Quinalt has the most degraded wild stocks on the coast. It is thought that they system no longer has any pure strains of the true wild stocks left. This is due to poor hatchery practices and massive stocking to support the tribal fishery.

Take away the hatcherys and the bazillion fish of all species they stock and its nothin. to put it in a nutt shell its another Cowlits. But not quite as bad. Dosent have the dams so some fish still get to spawn in the upper river. Stock the amount of fish in any river that the Quinalts do in the Quinalt and you have the same thing.

The Quinalt system is a false representation of a healthy system.

The reason why im writeing this is because im upset. Look what has happened to the Humtulips ,who do you think did it and still is. what happened to the robust wild fish runs? Exploit other systems then call your own the model to follow when its artificial. Have you ever seen the Queets plugged off at the 101 bridge? who do you think is doing that? How many days a week through the peak of wild steelhead runs?

Say what you whant about what I just read but its the truth.