The Question I have is why the hatcheries dont use wild brood stock. It would take a very limited amount of spawners to get a viable egg take to supply the hatcheries. If they used wild fish every year for brood which were native to each river, wouldnt theese fish be wild fish, and would'nt it be OK for theese fish to spawn with the rest of the with the rest of the rivers native population. Theese fish would be wild and wouldnt hurt the geene pool as the current hatchery stocks do.

They do it on a small scale at snider creek on the Sol Duc and have been very successfull. On a bigger scale they have always done it on the Vedder and have great returns of big healthy fish.

I have talked to people on the Quileute reservation and forks area hatcheries who have faught to do this for years but the state has firmly objected.

It only makes sense. That must be the biggest problem.