Study Shows Conflicts In Hatchery Production/Conservation Goals, Genetic Integrity Issues

Efforts to balance hatchery production for harvest with aims to protect the genetic “integrity” of naturally producing salmon and steelhead populations must be carefully orchestrated scientifically, and in some cases may be difficult if not impossible to achieve, according a recently published paper that analyzes data from a southwest Washington steelhead supplementation project.

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