Hilborn: Washington Salmon Runs Will not be Restored With More Hatcheries
The op-ed by several state senators recommending that Washington State should follow the example of Alaska and rebuild salmon by more hatcheries runs fails to recognize the history of salmon hatcheries in Washington, and fails to understand that hatcheries were not responsible for the revival of Alaskan salmon fisheries. We have something like 300 hatcheries in the Pacific northwest – if hatcheries were the solution we would not have a problem. While our hatcheries do provide some fishing opportunity that would otherwise not exist...
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