I think releasing more and more hatchery fish is just a way to cover up the real problem of declining populations of native salmon and steelhead. Sure you will get more fishing opportunities but if you ask me, this is just a sign of worse and worse salmon and steelhead populations. As more and more native stocks decline more and more hatchery fish will be released in hopes of boosting returns of fish... but the boost will be in the form of hatchery fish, not native fish which is the real problem.

Sounds like bad news to the fish, but good news to the meat fishermen and native Americans.
i think more research needs to be done and better management of our rivers needs to happen or before long we wont have much fishing left....

sigh