Conservation effort helps keep bonefish bountiful in Bahamas

Not many flats fishing destinations can claim their fisheries are better than 30 years ago, and Deep Water Cay — a small, private island resort just off the east end of Grand Bahama Island — doesn’t brag that way.

But maybe it should.

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“NOAA believes it’s risky to rely too much on hatcheries"

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) wants to see at least four Southwest Washington streams identified as wild steelhead strongholds with no planting of hatchery fish beginning in 2014.

Money quote from Rob Jones, hatcheries and inland fisheries chief for NMFS.

“NOAA believes it’s risky to rely too much on hatcheries and that some areas that are important to steelhead should not be planted with hatchery fish,’’ Jones said.

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