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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Editorial: However counted, fish need healthy rivers
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Redding Record Searchlight - 5/2/04</span></font></b></strong><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Federal
fishery managers announced a new policy last week to count hatchery-raised
salmon along with their wild kin when deciding whether a run deserves listing
as endangered or threatened. The decision provoked the usual alarm from
conservation groups and praise from those who bear the weight of Endangered
Species Act restrictions, but the political sniping misses the point. A federal
judge ruled that the genetically indistinguishable fish should be counted
together, the 9th Circuit rejected an appeal, and there the law stands. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Bob Lohn,
NOAA-Fisheries' regional administrator, said that "properly run,
hatcheries can become a kind of extension of natural habitat." True
enough, but fishery managers must avoid turning complacent as their stocks, on
paper, suddenly appear healthier. While hatcheries can be an
"extension" of nature, they cannot replace healthy streams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hatcheries
were first established on the West Coast nearly 150 years ago, and the era
since has brought a steady decline in salmon runs, to the point that wild
populations are virtually extinct on many rivers. Whatever bump the new rules
cause will in no way reduce the work needed to revive self-sustaining, viable
salmon stocks.</span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color="#999999" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#999999;font-style:italic'>Byron Leydecker<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color="#999999" face="Times New Roman"><span
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color="#999999" face="Times New Roman"><span
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Trout, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></span></font></i></st1:place><i><font
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#999999;font-style:italic'>415 383 4810 ph<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#999999;font-style:italic'>415 519 4810 ce<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3366FF;font-style:italic'>bwl3@comcast.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><i><font size=3 color="#3366ff" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3366FF;font-style:italic'>bleydecker@stanfordalumin.org
(secondary)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3366FF;font-style:italic'>http://www.fotr.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></i></p>
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