Oregon Senate Bill 473 requires that Oregon consider hatchery-bred anadromous fish to be the same as wild fish for management purposes.

This is simply very bad science, and would lead inevitably to the demise of truly wild populations of native salmon and steelhead in Oregon.

Oregonians should consider letting their legislators know they are opposed to this sort of voodoo science finding its way into Oregon's wild fish management policies.

Text of SB 473:
[url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0473.intro.pdf:f7116]http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measpdf/sb0400.dir/sb0473.intro.pdf[/url:f7116]

How to find your legislators:
[url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/:f7116]http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/[/url:f7116]

- JR

[This message has been edited by John Russell aka JR (edited 24 March 2005).]