Washington Hatcheries allowed to release steelhead into Puget Sound once again.

04/19/2016 – J. W. Snyder – Northwest Fishing News   WDFW hatcheries releasing steelhead under newly approved federal permits   OLYMPIA – State fishery managers have begun releasing more than 500,000 juvenile steelhead from five state fish hatcheries into Puget Sound rivers after receiving word from NOAA-Fisheries that those facilities meet federal environmental standards. For …

Oregon State University study claims hatcheries produce genetically different fish

02-20/2016 – J. W. Snyder – Northwest Fishing News (NWFN)   Recently released research from Oregon State University suggests hatchery-raised salmon, which are bred to help bolster wild stocks in B.C. and elsewhere, are genetically different from wild fish populations. Researcher Michael Blouin says scientists have known for some time the offspring of wild and hatchery-raised …