03-24-2010, 02:52 AM
i think the bottom line is money. they dont use the eggs but a portion of those that return, now sure they can use the eggs for other areas but that costs money and lets face it they are hurting for money. i talked to a biologist who worked at the phersimeri hatchery last year and said they were calling food banks begging them to take fish from last year. and they had a very hard time finding ppl to take them. he siad it was sickning the amount of fish that went to waiste.
as for the thought of the fish and game not wanting to reach there goal of delisting the steelhead and salmon. i think that thought is a joke... sense idahos fish and game has very very little controll over the amount of fry released, the amount of fish taken in the ocean, and many other factors. idaho power and the feds pay and plant the fry.
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as for the thought of the fish and game not wanting to reach there goal of delisting the steelhead and salmon. i think that thought is a joke... sense idahos fish and game has very very little controll over the amount of fry released, the amount of fish taken in the ocean, and many other factors. idaho power and the feds pay and plant the fry.
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