Originally Posted By: SBD
Why would they spend $$$$$$$$$$ on testing gear to selective fish when they don't have enough $$$$$$$$$$ to clip enough fish to make the program work? The only thing this circus is missing is a fat lady and somebody selling popcorn..


One thing that baffles me is why do we go on with the smoke screen, the smoke screen of percentages of mis-clips or non-clipped hatchery fish that we call "wilds".

It's bullshiat and everyone knows it...

IMHO, it should be unacceptable to release ANY hatchery raised salmonids that aren't fin clipped in some fashion, something that you can visibly I.D. that it's a hatchery fish. It's BS that they CWT tag and don't fin clip the %'s of fish that they do.... For god's sake, they're HATCHERY FISH! Better yet, all the do-gooders assume them for WILD FISH!

Keith
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It's time to put the red rubber nose away, clown seasons over.