Originally Posted By: TastySalmon


Reiter rat mentioned the possibility of this spilling over to other hatchery programs. This is exactly what many are assuming will happen. There are indications that as soon as WFC is done with steelhead, they're moving onto the next species. 99% of hatchery programs in Idaho, Oregon and Washington are in the same situation for better or worse.

WFC wants hatcheries gone and they aren't going to stop with steelhead. This is a monumental moment for the future of fishing in the Northwest but most haven't connected the dots yet. The future of angling opportunity likely rides on the outcome of this lawsuit.


I believe WFC had already made those intentions known through the current complaint filed in federal court on March 31, 2014.

Quote from that complaint by WFC, “Plaintiff’s members would like to fish in these waters for wild Puget Sound steelhead, wild Puget Sound Chinook salmon, and wild bull trout if those species were able to recover to a point where such activities would not impede the species’ conservation and restoration.”

Puget Sound hatchery Chinook appear to be next.
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