Hatchery vs. Wild Steelhead: What the Science Says
Hint: They don’t co-exist The debate around the efficacy and impact of fish hatcheries has been ongoing for decades. On the one hand, hatcheries have …
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Debate about state’s salmon, steelhead hatcheries rages on
In 2022, tribes released more than 39 million salmon from hatcheries, rearing ponds, marine net pens, and incubation facilities across Washington state. Only a tiny fraction …
Disappearance of Hatchery Steelhead Solved !
Washington State hatchery managers have reported that nearly 250,000 young steelhead fish set for release into the Snake River later this year are missing …
Flawed Rescue?
Hatchery & wild co-exist? Scientists studying salmon in the estuaries at the mouth of the Columbia River are warning that hatcheries intended to boost …
The Plan to Save 17 Million Salmon From California’s Megadrought
Not a word about the status of the wild fish. Workers at the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife will load almost 17 million young …
Controversy over proposed policy revisions for Washington salmon hatcheries
How’s does that old saying go? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. A state policy …
Bacterial Outbreak at CDFW Hatcheries
Several California Department of Fish and Wildlife fish hatchery facilities in the eastern Sierra and Southern California are battling a bacterial outbreak that has the …
For taxpayers, hatcheries are a poor investment
The definition of insanity. As salmon and steelhead runs continue to decline, B.C. is looking to hatcheries to make up for the loss. In rivers …
ADF&G releases second round of results from hatchery-wild fish study
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is one small step closer to figuring out the difference between how many offspring hatchery fish produce versus …
More salmon hatcheries will not help killer whales or chinook
The rush to focus on a conjectural quick fix in the form of increased hatchery production is symptomatic of the failure of current management to …