Oregon Proposes Removing Hatchery Fish From Wild Fish Areas

Cue the pro hatchery contingent. 

Hatchery-reared fish would get the heave ho from certain rivers along the Oregon Coast under the latest strategy to help Oregon’s wild salmon and steelhead.

The new management plan proposed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife would designate several coastal rivers as “wild fish emphasis areas,” while increasing the number of hatchery fish planted in other coastal rivers to expand fishing opportunities in those waters.

(via: Oregon Public Radio)

Comments

[ejunk]

I could probably research this myself, but you guys are obviously closer to the issue, so I'll pose it here: are there any estimates of or research on the topic of potential recovery rates of wild steelhead populations once stocking ceases?

[Hawk]

...and here's the link;
http://dfw.state.or.us/news/2014/january/010314b.asp
As Anglers, we should be keeping track of what the State has planned for these resources.
Lets be an example of how this process should work.
Hope to see you in Salem.

[troutstream]

There is also a great study just published in the new AFS Transactions about hatchery spawner influence on wild stocks. Give it a read if you have access.