Thread: Salmon

There’s a lot of great thought here about … fisheries,hatcheries… good /bad … etc etc… they were never designed to replace Mother Nature agreed…,but they have served a purpose whether u agree or not…. I’ve fished hatchery fish and natural (not farmed)…. They taste the same and replenish stocks for recreational fisherman… what has killed there numbers is indiscriminate fishing by commercial operations…. We take fuck-all…. They take millions and believe that’s ok!!!!… I say BS!!!

Originally Posted by A330driver

There’s a lot of great thought here about … fisheries,hatcheries… good /bad … etc etc… they were never designed to replace Mother Nature agreed…,but they have served a purpose whether u agree or not…. I’ve fished hatchery fish and natural (not farmed)…. They taste the same and replenish stocks for recreational fisherman… what has killed there numbers is indiscriminate fishing by commercial operations…. We take fuck-all…. They take millions and believe that’s ok!!!!… I say BS!!!

The "purpose" the hatcheries have left us is genetically weak fish and smaller fish.

While I agree that the comms guys had an impact on fish numbers in the past there is not much impact now if any.

https://fishandgame.org.nz/dmsdocument/1004