Originally posted by Todd:
The hatchery fish are horribly unfit, and they need habitat, too, as well as clean water, flowing rivers, and healthy upland habitat.
Why does the federal government try so hard to get everyone to agree that hatchery fish are just as good as wild, even when every single credible scientific report ever written comes to the exact opposite conclusion?
Nice post, Todd, but I have to question those last two paragraphs.
I gave Bob a current read about this whole argument that hatchery fish are unfit, a problem, etc, etc.
Bob - if you read this and still have the article, would you please post the Journal title and reference info. I highly recommend it to everyone. Very enlightening.
As it turns out, it's not the fish itself that is unfit. It's the MANAGEMENT practices that are unfit.
The fish don't have a say in where they are reared, what temperature they are cooked in, where and when they are released, and for what purposes, etc, etc. The list of hatchery abuses, bad management practices, questionable decisions, goes on and on.....
It's the managers that make all those decisions, not the fish itself. Those decisions tend to not be wise, not thought out, and usually comes with bad results to the fish and the fisheries.
Not defending hatcheries, but it really makes you wonder how things might be (in the future), if current hatchery management policies and decision change for the better. Or, maybe I should say when hatcheries change for the fish, and not the fisherman.
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