Is there any watershed, anywhere, where a robust wild run of any salmonid coexists with a robust run of the same species produced in a hatchery? If not, then it might just be that biologically, ecologically, genetically, and politically they can't coexist IN THE SAME STREAM.

Where FW habitat is compromised then we can mitigate that loss with hatchery fish so long as they are harvested in that watershed. Our problem is that we put highly productive hatchery stocks (low escapement produces large adult runs) into the same areas where lower productivity wild runs exist and then fish at the hatchery rate.

Recovery won't take place until all marine mixed stock fisheries are closed. Once we have moved well towards recovery the marine fisheries can be re-opened as long as they don't impede the recovery of the weakest wild stock.