I'm not just pulling this stuff out of my butt, by the way :-) There have
been many cases where Pacific salmon stocks have been transferred to new
streams to establish new runs. Local stocks transferred did better than
mixed (hybrid) stocks, and better than stocks transferred large distances.
There have been cases of Puget Sound stocks mixed with Columbia River
stocks, and even Alaskan stocks and such. People used to think you could
take the best of what each had and create some super-stock. What you
generally get is a messed up fish that does poorly compared to natural local
runs.
-- Jay DeLong Olympia, WA
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