Its the greed
Pumping up hatchery numbers has been proven ineffective at bringing wild stocks back for quit some time now. Healthy rivers and a healthy ocean will be key to growing our salmon numbers. Hatcheries will grow sport, commercial and FN fleets but are not going to address the true problems in the health and future of our salmon stocks. Hatcheries will provide a fishery for these groups and should, but wild fish will continue to see gradual declines with the odd blip of strong return. We should really be looking at where wild fish are making a comback and why. Then try and reproduce this model. Hatchery fry stand a better chance because they're larger than wild, we should be focusing more on stream fertilization and rehabilitation to help wild fish. Most of our watersheds are logged or contaminated in some way. Our oceans have changed due to global warming, and human industry. The most prudent step to rebuilding is creating the environment that fish can thrive in. Something our greed has not let happen.
Pumping up hatchery numbers has been proven ineffective at bringing wild stocks back for quit some time now. Healthy rivers and a healthy ocean will be key to growing our salmon numbers. Hatcheries will grow sport, commercial and FN fleets but are not going to address the true problems in the health and future of our salmon stocks. Hatcheries will provide a fishery for these groups and should, but wild fish will continue to see gradual declines with the odd blip of strong return. We should really be looking at where wild fish are making a comback and why. Then try and reproduce this model. Hatchery fry stand a better chance because they're larger than wild, we should be focusing more on stream fertilization and rehabilitation to help wild fish. Most of our watersheds are logged or contaminated in some way. Our oceans have changed due to global warming, and human industry. The most prudent step to rebuilding is creating the environment that fish can thrive in. Something our greed has not let happen.