Panel of biologists: hatcheries don't benefit wild salmon stocks

Well, yeah, but let's not force ourselves in to using them unnecessarily....

john
"Willi" wrote in message
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JR wrote:

Asadi wrote:

Msnbc had an article on this yesterday....
...a sad sdtate of affairs, no?

"JR" wrote

http://tinyurl.com/24r4p


Yes, but at least some straightforward science can expose the situation
and maybe start to turn it around. The saddest part is that properly
managed hatcheries really *could* be a benefit to wild fish.


I disagree. IMO, by carefully managing hatcheries the result can be more
natural, but hatchery produced fish will always be different than
naturally spawned wild fish. Hatcheries are a last resort for restoring
native, wild fish populations.

Willi