Originally Posted By: gw

How many broodstock pair are needed for XX river? A couple hundred? How many Nates would be taken from that same river through harvest? No question the Broodstock program is the lesser of two evils.


On some rivers, for example the SIletz and Alsea in Oregon, only 35 pairs of wild fish are used in each system. They must be collected at different timings of the run (i.e., 2 pair in Dec., 4 pair in Jan, 8 pair... etc.), and from different locations in the system (i.e., NOT all from a trap at the upper reaches of the river, or all from the lower river...)

*note, the pair collection numbers/dates are not factual, they are for example only... you hair splitters! wink
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