Rajeff Sports

Detection of IHN (Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis) in wild steelhead being held for broodstock for the Snider Creek program on the Sol Duc is a hot-button topic lately. IHN is a nasty, particularly troubling fish disease.  Fish pathologists tend to take  detection and treatment of this disease very seriously, sometimes choosing to cull (a polite term for killing)  infected fish.

http://ospreysteelheadnews.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-information-on-quillayute-ihn.html

This is a complex issue, as is every instance where hatchery fish and wild fish; science; state, tribal, and federal co-magnagers; and traditional belief systems are in play.   Please follow developments, keep an open mind, and be prepared to speak up for wild fish – they need our support.

I’m posting a personal story about trying to stand up for wild fish on my wordpress blog. Check it out to see how I almost got taken to the wood-shed back in 1977.

http://fishingwithjay.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/jay-nicholasstanding-up-for-wild-fish/

JN

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