Scott,
First of all the 55 pairs that are caught for the program are not killed, But spawned then released, Secondly the fish that make it back to the trap are then trucked up to the upper West and Middle forks that are far below escapment so far there have been about 150 fish moved to those forks and evidance shows thay have spawned and headed back out so this is a positive for those forks, As they are being caught as downrunners. Third the East Fork and Decker are safetly above escapement and these are the fish being targeted. And third it sure is better then putting skamaina fish in this system to mix with the nates and creat a weaker gene pool. Now lets look at the nets in the Main stem and see that they are getting roughly 125 fish a set. and this was happening 5 days a week since the begining of the year now reduced to two days.... This spells reduction...Not the broodstock program which is a two fold program resource and enhancement. thanks