A group of experts Wednesday agreed to disagree in the long-running
debate over the role of hatchery “supplementation” in Columbia Basin fish
recovery efforts.
But most of the panelists called together by the Northwest Power Planning
Council did agree on the need to focus research efforts to validate claims
of supplementation’s benefits or risks.
Dr. Brian Riddell of Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans concluded
the two-hour discussion of supplementation by noting literally …
