You only have it half right. We are advocates for wild fish, but unlike Native fish society and a few others, we are not trying to cut hatchery funding or plants or close the seasons early. A lot of me already knows, you wont give an inch for wild fish. Its only a problem for you when they have to bury two or three years of summer run production at the cowlitz due to diseases. Just think when all the wild fish are gone, we can all rely on the great Chambers Creek winter fish, that havent had a shot of wild DNA in a very long time.

Others here can verify the south Sound and Hood Canal policy is not dedicated to wild fish recovery for several species. They will rely on hatcheries. The McKernan hatchery which raises chum was going to be closed. Both the tribes and Seiners group are now footing the bill to keep the hatchery open. Thats how bad things can get. Pay up or dont fish.