Keith,

You may have a point, but I'll take my chances with terminating the LCR gillnet fishery. Just because it's gone doesn't add up to reason for terminating a recreational fishery in the same area. Each should be analyzed on its respective merits and decisions made accordingly to the best balance of biological and social interests.

Jerry, Stever,

Not all hatchery smolts are fin clipped. Some are CWTd and left unclipped to evaluate the tagging and fin clipping programs. If I was going to lose sleep, I'd lose it over something else.

TBJ,

It shouldn't matter. However, you're not the first to wonder or suggest that maybe there's a genetic connection causing non-biting hatchery fish. If so, that really sucks. Means we should only use fish that bit for hatchery brood stock.

Sg