[env-trinity] SF Chronicle November 21 08 Hatcheries v Wild

[Byron Leydecker]

What I have to add is that there is an enormous body of scientific evidence
and studies concluding that hatchery fish ultimately destroy wild fish
populations if not  the entire fishery.  This is an issue on which we are
working on the Trinity.  More later and in Newsletters.

 

Byron Leydecker

 

Putting fish from hatcheries in streams on hold

 <mailto:jkay at sfchronicle.com> Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer

Friday, November 21, 2008

State wildlife officials will stop stocking some streams with
hatchery-raised fish while resource managers figure out if the practice
harms native fish, amphibians and insects, under an agreement signed
Thursday.

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<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/21/BA8U1483VL.DTL&
type=newsbayarea> Peter Camejo memorial services Sunday 11.21.08 

The state Fish and Game Department agreed to interim restrictions on
introducing fish into habitat of about two dozen imperiled species,
including the California golden trout in the Sierra, McCloud River redband
trout, the Sacramento's winter run chinook salmon and the California
red-legged frog.

Two environmental groups, the Pacific Rivers Council and the Center for
Biological Diversity, sued the department, alleging that its stocking
program has harmed endangered and threatened species. 

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette ruled in May 2007 that fish
stocking has significant environmental impacts on aquatic ecosystems,
particularly on native fish, amphibians and insects. He ordered the
department to conduct an environmental review on the possibility of harm
under the California Environmental Policy Act by the end of 2008.

Because the department will miss the deadline, the environmental groups
asked the state to stop fish stocking in the sensitive areas.

 

Byron Leydecker, JCT

Chair, Friends of Trinity River

PO Box 2327

Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327

415 383 4810

415 519 4810 cell

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