WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE BROODSTOCKING PROGRAMS??
i think most are out to do there best and in the best interest but im not sure as to whether i subscribe to the idea..i mean sure its a wild fish and those are good genes but in a hatchery 99% of those fish make it out(to the ocean), whereas in the wild 10 or 20% might make it to the ocean...this is the whole idea is survival of the fittest. thats how wild fish come out to be soo much better in the first place(than hatchery fish). this is something that has long since passed in the hatcheries, those fish that didnt survive died for a reason(in the wild), they had a flaw of some sort. i just think you have to look at why are you taking the fish? is it in the best nterest of the river or you? where you are taking the fish from, would the pair you put together be better or worse than the pair that would connect in the wild? throw down some comments, i'd love to hear them.