Todd,

Yes, I saw both of those posts. Perhaps my question wasn't clear enough. Assuming that the posts regarding the genetic testing are correct, and the Lake Sutherland Kokanee and Elwha Sockeye are the same fish genetically, do the genetics match the hatchery stock (which came from the Lake Crescent, Aberdeen, South Tacoma, Quilcene, and Shelton hatcheries) or do the genetics match the genetics of original Lake Sutherland stock (if there even was an existing native stock to begin with)? Does anyone know where these hatcheries got their fish?

What I'm asking is if we have any evidence that Lake Sutherland had Sockeye or Kokanee before they were planted. At the meeting at Peninsula College on December 15th, I thought WDFW said that they don't have any scientific evidence that Lake Sutherland ever had NATIVE Sockeye or Kokanee and that the genetic testing that they had pointed to the genetics matching other non-Elwha river systems.