Hi, A quick question regarding this story. Why do they have a hatchery to begin with? If there is a fear they will breed with "wild" fish and they do not let anglers fish for the hatchery fish why have a hatchery?
Regards. Don Shearer Pullman, WA "I know it sounds crazy. We list these fish for protection and now we want to go fishing on them," said Art Viola, district biologist for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife in Chelan and Douglas counties. "But this is really about managing hatchery fish, not catching naturally produced fish," he said. "The purpose is to control the hatchery ones in order to help restore and conserve the natural ones."
