Science of Salmon Hatcheries Review

As part of its evaluation of hatchery reform policy undertaken by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), WDFW put together a report reviewing of the science of hatchery reform, describing the benefits of hatcheries, the risks of hatcheries, and the major operational options available to hatchery mangers for balancing the benefit-risk trade-off. At the request of WDFW, WSAS engaged technical experts to 1) provide input and comments on the report outline 2) facilitate a workshop with the WDFW project team and other stakeholders (view the WSAS workshop summary here), and 3) review the penultimate draft of the report (View the committee’s comments on the WDFW’s draft report). DFW’s final report entitled, “Review of hatchery reform science in Washington State” is available on their website.