tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299510849423579398.post4474096268321647564..comments2023-10-31T09:15:38.675-07:00Comments on Steel: Puget Sound Chambers Creek Hatchery Runs Go Bye ByeSteelie Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17814328272439361994noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299510849423579398.post-38101254988213402102014-04-27T08:58:56.240-07:002014-04-27T08:58:56.240-07:00I would hardly say its a big loss to the sport fis...I would hardly say its a big loss to the sport fishery in these areas. These hatchery supported fisheries have been limping along for more than a decade, producing a harvest of just a few thousand fish annually at a cost of $200-$900 of taxpayer money per harvested fish. Survival of hatchery fish has been so poor that they have actually resorted to closing rivers to hatchery fish retention to allow them to make their egg take goals. The only way the sport fishery can ever win is by recognizing that healthy populations of wild fish are the backbone of any fishery and behaving accordingly. In ten years if we have catch and release fisheries for wild steelhead on a few Puget Sound rivers no one is going to look back longingly at the days when we had a two month fishery for 4 pound hatchery clones. Apocalypse Now, Steelheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915351549329100479noreply@blogger.com