hello kerry, hope things are going well with you.

you make a very valid point about water managers trying to speed up the process of river recovery and in their haste screw things up just so they can look good. short term gains should not over shadow the desired result of the recovery of a river. one thing i think that should be evaluated then is taking spawning fish from the river and raise the eggs and fry in the same river to get a better survival rate. this may give the river a jump start with native fish reared in a hatchery setting. i'm not sure of the viability but it seems intrigueing to me.