"Hatcheries should be viewed as only one of several tools available for recovering depressed populations and providing fisheries," said HSRG Chairman Lars Mobrand. "They should be used for these purposes only when the benefits outweigh the risks."


Hatheries have never once been used to restore wild runs. This announcment is so completely vague and ambiguious thoes of us who are skeptical of the agencies involved would see it as wishy washy and unreliable exactly the same as they have been to date.
I'll wait to see exactly what changes occurr in hatchery practices and what thoes changes accomplich before I go raving about hatchery reform. My guess is , based on Dept history that basically nothing will change. Maybe fin clip less fish in the columbia systems for the tribes.
As far as what the director said about a "dual purpose," well he has used that as an exuse to do nothing for so long it's a chiche.