Wild Thompson Steelhead
Currently, the Bristish Columbia Ministry of Environment (MOE) does not support hatchery augmentation of Thompson River steelhead, a position supported by the Steelhead Stream Classification Policy (S... continue reading »
"City/Country John Day OR Keep the fish wild. Iwould rather catch 1 wild fish. Than a 100 hatchery fish"
"City/Country New Westminster Hatcheries are a band aid solution to over fishing by commercial interests."
"City/Country Bothell, wa Don't make the same mistakes as Washington state!"
"City/Country Errington/Canada A change to river fishing methods is necessary, get rid of the gill nets and replace with fish traps."
"City/Country US Please no more hatcheries, we do not need another river full of cookie cutter fish. When I head north to BC it is for your beautiful wild salmon."
"City/Country Eugene, Oregon please keep the Thompson wild only."
"City/Country Golden/Colorado/USA Hatchery fish will weaken the overall population!"
"City/Country kamloops,BC,Canada its all due to the water problems on the deadman, bonaparte and nicola rivers. and due to the high rate catches for sockeye on the coast when the steelhead are migrating upriver at the same time."
"City/Country Germany one of the greatest wonders of BC is wild steelhead, its the most important reason for me, to visit BC! Please Dear Minister, protekt wild steelhead in wild rivers!"
"Hatchery programs have been proven in studies, using scientific data, to decrease numbers of wild steelhead in the system. Hatchery programs are also very costly and this money can be used in many ways to help native steelhead."
