salmo,


Can you please explain this "Native only" Attitude??? I do enjoy the idea of native stock in all rivers, but I think it is less than reasonable to assume this is remotely possible.

I support hatcheries fully, and think it would be the downfall of ALL fish if we didn't have them......Or at least all user groups would have to be willing to give fishing a new look that would include less time on the rivers.


I had this discussion with a guy who worked for the game department, he claimed that hatchery fish are the end of our native stocks. WHAT???? Wait a minute, these are not test tube fish, they are fish that came from native stocks, aren't they???


My concern is the purists way of thinking may, or may not help salmon long term. One thing I know is with less fishing oppurtunity, comes less fishermen/women, this may sound great to a lot of you, but i think it will end "sport" fishing. As numbers fall in any outdoor sport, people forget, don't pas the torch to thier kids, and then there is the animal extremists waiting in the wings.


Like hatcheries, or not, it does give oppurtunity to a lot of folks to obtain that "meat" fish for the freezer, hopefully not a native


chumster