Ummmm...
Blackleech, I'm confused.
The Cowichan has had a hatchery program on it for over 20 yrs. Wouldn't the genetics of the fish already be screwed up? Or are the current wild ones just too smart and superior to breed with the inferior, weak, small stupid hatchery ones until some time in the future when hatchery fish may be in the system again? Would the "new" hatchery fish be in some way stealthier and be better able to fool (seduce?) their unsuspecting, pure (well, kind of) wild fish in to breeding with them and thereby destroying the gene pool?
Help me out here 'casue what you're saying just doesn't make sense.
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