It's not a very bright scenario for the North Oregon coast. Unless some minds are changed we will in the next few years essentially see the end of the hatchery salmon and steelhead runs on the Tillamook area streams. While it would be wonderful to be able to sustain a harvestable native run of these fish it just isn't realistic. The native broodstock programs which was the result of a lot of volunteer effort by a lot of people will end! The wild fish that were collected for the egg harvest will be released and very soon.
To blame one individual like the governor of Oregon is short-sighted and naive. Sure he owns part of the blame but so do the state legislature who deemed it necessary to make this a partisan issue.
Hopefully cooler heads will prevail.
Stew