Everyone hates bureaucracy, but few will settle for less oversight than bureaucracy provides, and you can't have bureaucracy without the attendant overhead costs. Beyond that, conservation hatchery programs have much higher costs per pound of fish reared than straight production programs. The higher costs are due in large part because the cost efficiency of "economy of scale" are lost, plus the costs of obtaining and handling of broodstock are much higher, presuming you have to hire it done.

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