Interesting twist on filling every available niche, WN1A... yes the critter is colonizing the hatchery environment to maintain its "genetic suite", but this occurs only with the "helping hand" of mankind.

Take man out of the equation and that hatchery life history instantly becomes a genetic dead end unto itself. Might some of those hatchery fish become reproductively successful in the wild. Perhaps a handful... but statistically difficult to distinguish from ZERO.

We've been genetically banking Idaho sockeye for decades. What would happen to Redfish sockeye if we pulled the plug?

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