Stew, as bad as that N. coast hatchery scenario is, it can get worse than that. The native fish will have more fishing pressure put on them - both the wild chinooks of the Wilson and Kilchis, and the wild steelhead in all of those drainages where chumps are more likely to illegally keep nates if this actually goes thru. And no broodstock programs to augment the dwindling nates. Could a complete closure be far behind in such a drastic scenario? ****!

And it would shift more concentrated fishing pressure to other NW rivers! If they have to make hatchery program cuts due to this budget crisis, why can't the cuts be spread out more?!? Crap!

Too bad there aren't more repub fishermen in the state senate. But it's hard to blame them for resisting more tax increases. What a mess. Hopefully it will all heal itself if a sustained economic recovery will come, in the not-too-distant future. ... Time to write letters again.