Originally Posted By: Todd
A hatchery program comes with a fishery for them, which catches some wild fish, which causes some mortality...ALL hatchery programs in an area under the jurisdiction of the ESA cause "take"...that's why they need the permit


In that one, short, paragraph, I see one conclusion------drawn from four assumptions.

Truly, journeymen's work. wink
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