JohnnyDeep

The fish from the Cowlitz that were buried, were fish that had been given certain types of drugs to shop infection while they were being held in the hatchery. The FDA will not allow the WDFW to sell those fish for human consumption, nor will they allow the WDFW to release those fish in an area that people can catch them to eat. The FDA were the folks who were responsible for them burying those fish! Most of the drugs that WDFW uses, take about 21 days before the fish can safely be consumed as food by humans.

Cowlitzfisherman