CR dams, and their associated operations kill more than 80% of the rivers salmon and steelhead potential.
So how is increasing the harvest of hatchery fish going to reverse this fact?
And the 80% can be classified as habitat derogation, I just don't see how increasing the harvest of hatchery fish helping anyone but the commercials and the dam operators.
The last time Oregon saw a ballot measure to remove commercial gillnets from the CR it went down like the Titanic, in spite of the fact it was well written and well thought out.
It went down in defeat because of lack of funding, and the in ability to get the 10 second sound bite to the voters.
Now we have a poorly written measure, which as is might not even make the ballot.