I don't see a problem if the broodstock for the fish to be held in the ponds are the Chambers Creek type stock. The returning adults will be coming back months before the remaining wild Skagit/Sauk river fish. I would hope that they will develop some means of collecting returning adults so those fish that are not harvested or collected for broodstock can be removed from the system. Sure some straying will occur however, again, their spawning timing is earlier than the wild fish so interaction would be minimal.

I find the comment in the article about the hatchery juvenile fish competing with the wild fish to be misleading. If the hatchery fish are held in the ponds until they smolt then they will exit the system immediately upon release with no significant impact on wild fry/parr.

All the other negative human activities that typically happen at terminal harvest zones will undoubtedly occur.