Originally posted by RICH G:
I think WT goes after hatcheries for many reasons.
One of the biggest reasons is this in my opinion, if hatcheries are gone the excuse for harvest of excess is gone. If excess harvest is gone there is no need for hatcheries which add to and help cover up the problems anyways.
No people for the most part it is hatcheries because if we didnt have hatcheries we would see far less gill netting, far less impact on wild stocks in general because you would see far less harvest fisheries and more CnR fisheries where bait isnt aloud and smolt are not being harvested or killed with bait. You would have no more impact from wild and hatchery fish spawning together.
And last but not least all of the money spent on hatcheries could be spent on restoration of wild stocks.
So yes I think hatcheries alone stand in the way of the wild fish. Atleast our current hatchery practices anyway.
Gotta disagree there. What makes you think that if the hatcheries are gone that the tribes will scaleback on gillnetting. Ive seen time and time where a river is closed, even for CNR, yet the tribes continue to net. Not baggin on the tribes here, but I just dont see them stoping this simply because there are no hatchery fish to harvest.
Also, how can you say hatcheries alone stand in the way of wild fish? Weren't hatcheries created because of the decline of native fish runs?
You also say that you would see less impact on wild fish based on more CNR fisheries. Thats assuming an awful lot. If there are only wild fish to harvest than that is what will be harvested.
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