That would be because the tribes do not have to mate randomly and can choose the best fish to spawn. Ever fish the queets/salmon and seen the health of the tribal fish? They have good runs even when the state is claiming poor ocean conditions which is always thier excuse for poor returns. Those tribal fish are very different fish than the chambers creek WDFW diluted gene turds that are forced to spawn randomly.
Haved fished there lots over the years and have to say the quality has gone way up since the selective brood program started. They breed nothing smaller than 15#. But it has had it's problems. Last year the lower Quinault closed early for all fishers because returns were poor. Verdict still out for this year. I remember reading how selective summer run breeding at the Skamainia hatchery almost killed the Washougal summer Steelhead run. Produced some brutes though and they would tear you a new one when you hooked em. Can't think of any other examples other than rules of why not to selective breed. Maybe some Bio's have some science to add.
Edited by RUNnGUN (12/31/18 02:55 PM)
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