Another aspect is that hatcheries are a poor investment.

We pay lip service to preserving/restoring habitat, but where does the money go - into hatchery operations. In Oregon, about 90% of the Fish Divisions budget goes to hatchery operations.

Hatcheries are a never-ending, ever-escalating annual EXPENSE. As opposed to restoration, access, conservation easements, etc. etc. which are an INVESTMENT.

Stuffing rivers with hatchery product is not ensuring your future access, or keeping (clean) water in the river, or preserving the wild stock whose genes are needed to perpetuate hatchery production.

You get what you pay for, and the current situation is most of the scarce dollars are going to artificial propagation.