Originally Posted By: The Catcherman
Originally Posted By: Jermz


Is there any proof/science that the snider fish have harmed the wilds in there spawning efforts or returns?


From what I recall, there was not a lot of evidence supporting that the program was affecting wild fish other than the fact that there is no evidence that hatcheries help wild fish any where. Some of the evidence was either compromised or not to be trusted on how it was collected.


This chart gives some idea of how skewed tribal catch data (and subsequently run size data, return rates, etc for the program) has been. Basically, over the last 30+ years, the tribes catches 150% of what the sporties do for wild fish on the Q system. Now look at the percentages of reported Snider fish from the tribe:


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