I think they still truck the salmon and steelhad to other locations but the days of putting them back in down stream for us to have another chance are gone. They made up some crap about them competing with wild fish.
Typical Tacoma Power. Anything to save a $
Kris
Pretty easy to blame Tacoma for everything.And they do have plenty to accept.But they do have to answer to WDFW bilologists and NOAA among others.That regulate this sort of stuff.
They are extremely restricted on how many and where they can put fish.Also what type.
The only fish that get recycled now.Are Cuthroat and any so-called wildfish.
They do truck a lot of fish upstream.Mostly coho and chinook.This year the fall chinook went to Mayfield because of extremely low water in the Tilton. The coho are going to the Tilton.I believe 3000 fish total.At gus Backstrom park in Morton.To the upper Cowlitz at Packwood.About 7000 fish.And to Lake Scanewa.And again I'm not positive on the numbers.But I think 9000 to Scanewa.
You dont want to know how many surplus coho are getting killed and sent to the Washington state food bank.
Its pretty easy to
