What isn’t radical about salmon? Early on, managing fish staunchly got one-sided. Had shared opinions been used, salmon would have improved. But radical federal managers had a selfish plan. It was to have only wild fish spawning.
Hatchery and wild fish already had blended for over a century. Now they overwork just one fish, most not genetically pure, gaining nothing. Having one certain fish spawning is impossible. Straying fish incrementally reduce wild fish gene pools leaving the planet.
Why is anybody fishing? The thrill is gone, from federal manipulation of science and overharvesting northern nursery waters. They deny biggest pieces of the resource sustainment.
I just had my best year of not fishing. Supported insanity made me leave. Fish caught yearly turned to nothing. Why try? A ghost chase, nowhere near good memories, impossible anymore.
