The real debate to have is vs. BuRec. Unfortunately, 'they' never make themselves available nor do they abide by the laws that were created to restore our fisheries (CVPIA 1993) i.g., accountable.
Well....
I think OceanSunFish FINALLY said something useful on this thread.
Nature DOES keep her nich for wild fish full. Her nich has been reduced to about, what?, 15 miles of questionable spawning and rearing habitat, instead of 90+ miles. Man cannot do in a concrete raceway what nature can do herself. And if the American is like the Russian, there is danged little competition in the smolts as ours have to leave the river in about a month or the river will poison them. Of course, if you are raising wild smolts in the raceways, there may be some competition.
Whether we bonk or not, we WILL NOT change either fishery, wild or hatchery. The hatchery will produce (only what they are funded and not necessarily contracted) replacements. And unless we are much more efficient than the seals and any other predator, nature has it covered.
YES, WE DO WANT RESTORED FISHERIES.......but until we decide to restore the habitat, the water, and the envirionment that they require, we are pissing up a rope.....bonk or not.
Sooooo many organizations promote rocks in the creeks, root wads in the rivers, barbless hooks, and other wasted efforts, when real issues (poison water) get swept under the table.
Rant over......
.....lee s.
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