He said he's not interested in what the federal fisheries agency thinks. They can stay in Washington, D.C., and we can fix it here. The Committee sent House Bill 3609 to the House floor, where it was approved May 26. James outlined several actions the Tribes are promoting to correct hatchery management mistakes of the past and help restore natural fish production and fisheries. Indeed, that would be the farthest thing from the truth.
Mother nature does produce the best and cheapest product.
If the environment was able to sustain healthy fish runs with room for harvest as was once the case, the tribes would be the first to say close the hatcheries. Sadly though, fish are continually telling us that they can't sustain themselves in man's altered environment. It's how we manage them and what we do with them that makes them beneficial or not. We can't just eliminate or reduce the existence of these type of things by inflexible blanket policies acting to correct the mistakes of the past.