Smalma......with all due respect, the concept of survival of the fittest is popular, but not necessarily accurate. Exactly what percentage of the survivors are the result of luck? Now I realize that my question is impossible to answer, but don't you think it a reasonable one? Perfectly strong, healthy parents producing the best possible fertilization success can be wiped out by a herd of elk, a falling tree....hundreds of other possibilities.

Since it seems that hatchery fish don't survive well in the wild, and we all know that wild fish could use a hand (go ahead, jump all over that statement), don't you think that incubators are a very real concept? I KNOW that I could design a floating incubator that would protect the eggs and free the young. I really seems like an avenue that needs some serious time and effort put into it to me.