Alright Auntie, I apologize. I was just trying to lighten things up a bit. As always, you were just as sweet as pie.

But you fail to address my point about hatcheries and commerical harvest being intrinsicly linked. I thought you supported reducing commercial harvest. Maybe I've got you confused with someone else.

WT has repeatedly made a strong scientific case for our positon on hatcheries; see our website. It is not based on whim. It is based on reams and reams of published science by dozens of independent researchers and independent science review panels. For just one example, see the Hatchery-Supplementation Review published this past June by the NW Power Planning Council's Independent Science Advisory Board, which advises BPA and NMFS on Salmon conservation and recovery management in the Columbia Basin. We did not make this stuff up, or even contract the studies; we just read and understood them.

And I'm sorry; the history of hatcheries in the NW is well documented. Everything I wrote above is supported by that documentation.

Ramon Vanden Brulle,
Washington Trout