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Bill Pinnix wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I received this e-mail via my webpage. Can anyone out there point me (or
> Dave Mahon) to any good papers or books describing the 'thinking' behind
> the proliferation of hatcheries as a management tool?
>
> Cheers,
> Bill Pinnix
> University of Washington
> School of Fisheries
> Box 357980
> Seattle, WA 98195
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> >X-Personal_name: Dave Mahon
> >X-From: [log in to unmask]
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> >I am hoping that u can help with a problem with a current research papaer
> >that I writting on salmon and salmon management. I was wondering if you
> >could direct me to information regarding the historic development of the
> >idea that hatcheries are a viable management solution. So far my research
> >has demonstrated historically that hatcheries were the main management
> >tool being used for the Pacific salmon, however what I would like to know
> >is why? Who said that hatcheries work? Or is following the hatchery idea
> >just something based in a past version of common sense in that introduce
> >large amount of salmon into water systems and the results while be more
> >adults?
>
> >Thank you for your time
> >Dave Mahon
I'm not sure that it discusses the "thinking" so much, but you can get a good
idea of the bureaucratic momentum of stocking by having a look at the history
book, "A century of fisheries in North America," published by the AFS. You'll
find that the development of early fisheries management in the US (mid to late
1800s) was (and still is in many places) dominated by fish culture. In that
book, Larkin has a chapter on "Management of Pacific Salmon of North America."
Hope it helps,
Tom Martin
School of Forest Resources
Penn State
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