Effort to save wild fish will switch to smaller catch

Effort to save wild fish will switch to smaller catch: "Effort to save wild fish will switch to smaller catch
Salmon - The new federal policy will de-emphasize hatcheries, closing some, but specifics are still to come
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
MICHAEL MILSTEIN

Saying it makes little sense to eat imperiled salmon, the Bush administration on Wednesday revealed plans to cut back the catch of wild Northwest salmon and shut down hatcheries that churn out competing but inferior fish.

James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, told fish biologists in Portland that the administration is shifting its focus from merely keeping protected Columbia River salmon from extinction to ensuring they recover."