I don't know the specifics of each hatchery, maybe that can be found on WDFW's website. From the article that was quoted, I would assume that there is no hatchery production on the Wenatchee any more.
As to hatchery production of SIMFH, WDFW maintains production to allow us to catch fish for our use, and for commercial production. I understand that they have gotten better timing hatchery runs to be different from the natives on the stream, but I don't know how effective they have been. On of the major criticisms of WDFW from fisheries biologists is their continuance of production of SIMFH. Rob On Friday 19 October 2001 02:22 pm, Don Shearer rambled unforgivingly: > Rob, > > Are the ones they are worried about left over from prior to the switch in > focus of hatchery operations? Or are they still producing, your words, > "seriously inbred mutants from hell." > > Regards, > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Blomquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Possible Steelhead Opportunity in Chelan and Douglas > counties > > On Friday 19 October 2001 09:37 am, Don Shearer rambled unforgivingly: > > Hi, > > > > A quick question regarding this story. Why do they have a hatchery to > > begin with? If there is a fear they will breed with "wild" fish and they > > do not let anglers fish for the hatchery fish why have a hatchery? > > Hatchery production has shifted in the last few years to many hatcheries > doing wild fish enhancement. They will take selected wild stock, > artifically fertilize and raise them, then return them to the river that > they originated from in order to help boost wild populations. > > But currently the runs contain hatchery fish from the previous era, which > are > genetically and physically inferior to the wild fish. Fishing for the > hatchery fish is a way of removing them from the gene pool, so that the > wild fish genes are not weaked by these seriously inbred mutants from hell. > > Rob > -- > Rob Blomquist > Kirkland, WA -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA
