Bushbear..

In our attempts to be reasonable with salmon recovery efforts we have destroyed many runs.. THe only thing that i'd be willing to accept is thurough restoration and protection of salmon habitat and restoration based on already exsisting wild stocks.
I do not believe it is possible to restore wild salmon and steelhead runs using ANY hatchery technology. There is no scientific precidence for restoring wild runs using hatchery stocks OR EVEN captive rearing or wild brood stocks.. The only thing that is scientifically supportable is wild fish spawning by themselves ig good quality habitat. That is the only thing that has every worked and that is the only thing that shows any signs of working...
I desperatly wish it was as simple as planting hatchery fish. It's not!
If we are not willing to save the habitat and save the wild fish we have left there is no point in spending any money on doing anything to help salmon we might as well crank up the chainsaws . clearcut the whole state, build dams and generate as much electricity as we can through the lakes we create.. Because if we WILL not save the habitat and the wild fish we still have we might as well make our state good for something else.