Does anyone know if the existing wild broodstock programs in Washington have anything like a systematic monitoring component? For instance, isn't it important to keep track of the relative productivity of natural spawners versus hatchery spawned wild broodstock to determine how useful these programs are? If you found that the total run size was relatively constant, yet the proportion of natural spawners dropped while being replaced with the offspring of hatchery spawned broodstock, seems like you've been wasting your time and money and not improving the fishing or escapements.
How are "successes" and/or "failures" being measured in these programs?