Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Stopping the planting of hatchery steelhead would have a significant benefit to the early-returning wild fish. The simple presence of "harvestable" hatchery fish allows the co-mingled wild fish to C&R'd or killed in gillnets.

Even if there was absolutely no genetic or ecological conflicts wild fish will still die.


So you are in favor of no C&R until wild fish are recovered to some as yet to be established level? Just to be clear.....

And, you haven't responded to the idea that having no fishery will rapidly deplete the already thinning ranks of steelhead advocates thus further undermining recovery efforts.
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