Originally Posted By: Daddy
The whole endeavor was a major failure, not to mention it may have introduced a disease into the supply water of the Cowlitz Salmon and Trout Hatcheries.


If the fish were of Cowlitz origin and were diseased before being put into the pens then it seems that:

1. The pen concept itself was not the direct cause of the problem and,

2. The disease was already in the salmon hatchery and since that hatchery is upstream of the trout hatchery it had already "contaminated" the water source.

Or did I get one or more facts wrong???? If I did please correct me.
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