Wild Thompson Steelhead

"City/Country Terrace BC Thompson River steelhead are in trouble with declining numbers over many years. Water issues are likely the greatest enemy facing their survival. Too many water licenses and not enough water. Thompson River steelhead appear to hav"

"City/Country Peterborough, Ontario Do not rely on a band-aid treatment to solve a larger problem. Please focus resources on the root-cause of the decline."

"City/Country Olympia, WA USA Thompson hatchery steelhead program was previously tried and determined to be a poor model for successful management of the Thompson steelhead population. It won't be any different a second time. Look to the south in the PNW "

"City/Country Boise, I'D Don't let the Thompson become another example of poor management like rivers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho."

"City/Country Vancouver, BC, Canada These special fish are the product of natural selection. Don't dilute the gene pool."

"City/Country Sequim, Wa My god, lets focus on the issues we know are impacting this great strain of fish and not consider another hatchery program that will fail and dilute this magnificant run of fish."

"City/Country Terrace, BC. Canada This is perhaps the most unique strain of steelhead in the world. While their present condition is alarming, and wrong, hatcheries will only make the situation for these fish (as opposed to fishermen who want to catch hat"

"City/Country Seatttle, WA, USA I support wild steelhead on the Thompson with no hatchery fish"

"City/Country Portland/USA The only reason I would ever travel to BC to fish would be to experience the large, wild steelhead that it produces. We have plenty of hatchery fish down here in the lower 48."

"City/Country Healdsburg, CA, USA California hatcheries pose many problems to our wild salmon and steelhead. Please don't adopt ways that are harmful as your strategy."