Oregon Fish and Wildlife Donates Fish to the Hungry
A great story recently came out of central Oregon, where the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s South Santiam Hatchery donated summer steelhead to a local food bank. This was without question a great gesture, considering that they weren’t going to do anything else with the fish.
What really gets me, though, is the quote below:
“In past years the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has had more fish return than necessary to produce the next generation of hatchery fish, so the steelhead were surplus.”
What’s this? More fish than necessary? Then what’s all this we hear about low salmon numbers and problems with salmon recovery in Oregon? Is there a limit to the number of fish the Department can stock? A limit that forces hatcheries to dispose of fish that are somehow considered surplus? Somebody help me here…..
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