Slider, Yes you may be right that there may not be too many "wild" fish left. However, if we would like to at least try and perpetuate the natural fish runs we need to let the unclipped "wild" fish go. These are the fish that have proven genetic traits that have shown us that they (at least their parents) can productively reproduce in the wild. It is a proven fact that hatchery reared fish have a very poor reproductive success rates, so it really makes sense to me that whe should mark these fish and if there is any fishery that is to be allowed it should be on the hatchery fish alone.

just my thoughts,

Duke