Smalma, I don't disagree that hatcheries create opportunity. Your right, with out supplementation of the hatchery releases on the NF Stilly there would be no fishery for summer steelhead, it would end up closed because of pressure on the Deer Creek fish.

My question is do hatcheries hurt the wild fish runs in a system and what can be done to hatcheries, without closing them, to reduce their impact on the wild fish and still provide opportunity? Is it in your eyes possible to have both?
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