Wrongly called wild fish are hatchery descendants. We are being guided so unfairly without real physical proof. Anglers are losing fishable areas for a sanctuary where more mythical salmon barely survive.
Combat zones are the result of many closed waters and have made fishermen like too many cows in one barn, overgrazing fewer fields. Flora and fauna planted for fish with no provision for rod-and-reel is by intention. “Fake” is a demon for anglers and came from someone’s unproven vision in charge. Picture a plane with one wing missing flying for a week because the ground receded. Mentally right, no. Physically wrong, yes.
Meaningless ideas unproven or unreal have shown power is mindless. “Wrong” is too small a word; it has a history of mental madness. Someone better get a handle on this situation for it is man who needs the work. God and nature will pick living fish and most will be hatchery ancestors so where does the man in control fit? Still overharvesting and demoting hatchery fish ability. Reality is that visual fin identification solely works on hatchery fish unless unclipped but now is it wild? This makes wild fish regulations questionable.
Larry R. Carey
Vancouver
