Guys, I think we need to lighten up here. Maybe i'm naieve, but I'm prepared to accept that someone (USF&WS) had a problem with their adipose clipping and this seems to be a reasonable approach to adding another method of identification for hatchery fish. I agree that it would have been better had they not mismarked the fish, but they have, so be it. I have fished many years on Salmon River and the Quinaults do not mark their fish. I have never had a problem identifying a wild fish on that river. The hatchery fish dorsal is always ragged and short. The wild has a tall dorsal with straight lines (not ragged). And it doesn't make it any easier due to the fact that Salmon River has some huge hatchery fish. This is an easy identification to make while the fish is still in the water by reaching down and extending the dorsal. I agree that the wild kill proposal on the Peninsula is bogus but I just don't see the connection with this proposal on the Hoh. Just my 2 cents.
Tight lines