Originally Posted By: Todd
Killing wild fish to make hatchery fish is removing them from the river as much as any gillnet or fishing lure does, and leaving them in the river will make more wild fish than killing them ever will....

I was a big supporter of broodstock programs in the past, but since I've done a lot of research on them I've completely changed my mind about them...

It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact...every time, every single time they have actually looked at a broodstock program scientifically it has been found to produce less fish, and less fit fish, than if the wild fish had just been left in the river.

Every time.


Todd

If this is not talking about abundance, I'm not sure what "less fish than if the wild fish had been left in the river" means. The BACI analyses that have been done to date (that I am familiar with) don't support that statement nor do all the studies support the statement that you always have lower productivity.

Every time I see these types of absolute statements on this forum I intend to try to provide more accurate information.

Every time.