Originally Posted By: FleaFlickr02
Originally Posted By: TastySalmon
Originally Posted By: FleaFlickr02

We've also proven that hatchery fish do nothing to help wild stocks recover, and in fact, they may do more harm than good in that capacity.


Oh really? Where does this proof exist? I'd be interested in seeing the evidence, as would thousands of other people.


Easy there, Tasty. While I don't subscribe to any theory suggesting that hatchery fish are among the greatest obstacles to wild steelhead recovery, I think several decades of planting hatchery fish, without wild runs recovering, is pretty solid evidence that they haven't made any meaningful, positive impact on recovery.


How many steelhead supplementation programs currently exist or have existed in the past? I can't think of very many.

If you believe that hatchery steelhead programs exist to bolster natural origin populations, your method of thinking is no different than that of a toothless redneck snagger. If you make the convoluted argument that wild steelhead have not recovered because of hatchery _______________ (insert statement) without a consideration for atrocious habitat conditions and extreme marine mortality, you're no better than a feather flicking douche.