In 2022, tribes launched greater than 39 million salmon from hatcheries, rearing ponds, marine web pens, and incubation amenities throughout Washington state. Solely a tiny fraction survive within the ocean to return to spawn in native streams.
In the meantime, stress from conservationists who imagine hatcheries are detrimental to wild shares continues to mount. Although hatcheries have been utilized in Washington for over 100 years, new science reveals they might not work as meant.
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