Look salmontackler, in his first post he said if it wasn't you, then to disregard what he was about to say. You obviously didn't do that, but it's not to late. On the matter of taking a hen, if i had the choice and it was hatchery fish, i'd take the hen every time. If not, then where do you get eggs? You can buy them, but guess what. Those eggs come from the same place you get them from. Hatchery hens. So it boils down to this. Either you can take the fish yourself, save some money on eggs, and have a nice fish dinner, or you can buy them pre-cured, from a supplier that probably gets them from the natives. You tell me which one is better.