WN1a...I was with you until the last sentence. Do you really think that management of hatchery stocks has not led to massive over harvest of wild stocks and loss of vigor of the wild fish genetics? Or that the effects of managing for hatchery fish has had no effect on wild production? If we stopped hatchery production, your argument would lead to recovery of naturally produced fish to meet the capacity of habitat. Unless you believe that habitat is already at capacity, harvest management to maximize hatchery stock utilization is dampening natural production. Do you believe that habitat is at capacity then?