Originally Posted By: bushbear
Todd

The information we got about going to more zeros is that they give us a better contribution to the winter fishery and we can raise more of them with the money available than we can yearlings, especially with the lack of availability of good, cold, year-round water at the hatcheries that is needed for yearling production. It is a trade-off that we were/are comfortable with.




But if the point is to keep the fish in inner Puget Sound, isn't that why they keep them to be yearlings? That the zeros are far less likely to stay?

Fish on...

Todd
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