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I think our biggest issue is the ocean temperature. These are cold water fish and our ocean is warming quickly.

It was explained to me thus by a mate who did his masters thesis on NZ salmon with a view on the sports fishery not the commercial fishery ...
One of the issues with hatchery v wild fish is that...

Our salmon came from the Sacramento river. There were 5 importations between 1901 and 1907 so I guess they were not commercial / hatchery (as we know it now) fish.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2023/12/19/analysis-of-northwest-other-salmon-hatcheries-finds-nearly-all-hurt-wild-salmon-populations/...

The "purpose" the hatcheries have left us is genetically weak fish and smaller fish.

While I agree that the comms guys had an impact on fish numbers in the past there is not much impact now if...

I have heard this argument before and its always from guys that fish at the mouths of the rivers..

From memory 75% of the salmon caught in the Rangitata were caught below the marker posts .. would...

Google salmon hatcheries and the evidence is overwhelming in saying they dont work. I personally believe that the smaller fish we have now are a product of mixing hatchery genetics with our wild...

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