Originally Posted By: freespool


There is no such animal, hatchery fish are unfit for breeding with wild stocks, no matter if their F1 broodstock of F1000 mutes.
Also there no such thing as a zero mortality harvest method.


Jeeze, I thought you were smarter than that freespool. You ever hear of the Cowlitz? NMFS uses (recommends or approves) hatchery solutions for recovery every day. Didn't you get the brochure in the mail? Maybe it got overlooked among your copies of "Fish Hugger", and "Hitlers Hatcheries".

What behavior or genetic factors are you talking about? They're junk fish no matter what generation wild spawner? Really? Sure glad you don't let your bias affect your judgment bro..


PS Near zero is not zero. Not to mention I used it to represent the loss hatchery fish can and do have on wild populations.