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Alaska’s Board of Fish to consider scaling back salmon hatchery production

'If Proposal 156 were to pass, there is no evidence to support that there would be any benefit to wild salmon, but it would significantly harm all the users of the resource' -- DIPAC in a statement opposing the proposal

By Undercurrent News | Jan. 3, 2025 14:43 GMT
DIPAC's $7.4 million Macaulay Salmon Hatchery in Juneau, Alaska was finished in 1990. The hatchery is currently permitted for 135m chum, 1.5m coho, 1.25m Chinook, and 50,000 rainbow trout. Photo courtesy of DIPAC.
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A proposal to curtail the release of hatchery-raised wild salmon in the US state of Alaska is drawing fire from the industry, which is warning it could force the hatchery to shut down in coming years, the Juneau Empire reports [...]

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