I read all five of his articles too. I was impressed that he was able to cite 17 examples where hatchery fish were used to establish or rebuild self-sustaining runs.

But I would have to agree with RA3.... the ultimate test of whether or not those runs are "self-sustaining" is to stop planting them with hatchery fish.
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