Double Haul - Thanks for your interest.

The steelhead, referred to in the above quotes from SASSI, are wild fish of hatchery ancestry. In my opinion they are as valuable as native fish within their niche where anadromous stocks were unable to migrate before the fish ladder provided passage above the falls. This is just one example of how the introduction of hatchery fish can be beneficial. They are obviously able to successfully spawn and establish new stocks and contribute to the diversity of existing ones.

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Could the WSC be leaning towards advocating for the elimination of hatchery fish from most NW rivers? Your choices in associates and educators are suggestive of that possibility.

I have enjoyed reading your position paper cover to cover more than once and thank you for the opportunity. It is very informative and well composed.

Comments were not presented because the WSC bulletin board was removed from the www shortly after I received my copy. I have found your new bulletin board and have also glanced over others comments on the paper with interest and will add some of my own there and possibly here near future.