[quote=dobberbown]So let's say for argument that we got our wish and all commercial harvest was banned on the LCR. Sounds great right?

The sport fishermen are terrible at catching a big percentage of hatchery fish. If too many hatchery fish escape and attempt to spawn with the ESA wild fish then we have to close down hatcheries.

Without commercials on the main Columbia, how do you propose we do this? [/quote

Hatcheries already have weirs that block ALL fish from going past them. Only wild fish are allowed past that point usually. Some may spawn downstream of that point but not many, especially in the case of spring chinook and native steelhead. Bill