Take a pair of true wild fish and breed their young in a hatchery and let them go. The offspring are less fit than their original wild parents.

Catch one of those returning fish and breed it with another wild mate.

Lather, rinse, repeat. Year after year after year.

You tell me what's left in the river now.......

I'm not a big fan of a hatchery *or* a broodstocking program when it is used as a "recovery" tool. It's not.

As I said, if you think it is, the wools are being pulled over your eyes.

Even better, I hear the UW School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences is accepting new undergraduates. Some of you could use the 4-5 years of fisheries education.....