Originally Posted By: SBD
WDFW is sure going nuts with an idea that as far as I can tell has never been proven as a recovery method and even the HSRG report clearly states won't recover anything but speeds up the process as new habitat is reopened..Want more wild fish take down the dam's faster..

The HSRG also concluded the hatchery and harvest reforms alone will not achieve recovery of the listed populations in this ESU—habitat improvements are also necessary. In addition, the effectiveness of habitat actions in this ESU will be greatly increased (more than doubled, under the HSRG assumptions) if they are combined with hatchery and harvest reforms


when do you think this will happen ??, on one hand we have the feds wanting hatchery fish out of the system because they jeopardize wild esa listed fish and on the other hand we have the hsrg wanting to put hatchery fish into the system to help them.

The HSRG recommends a small, integrated, conservation program at the Grays River hatchery (94,000 uniquely tagged, but not adipose clipped, to avoid selective harvest) to sustain the population until natural productivity and abundance has improved to sustain the population.

http://www.hatcheryreform.us/hrp_downloa...ok_01-31-09.pdf