I think Sg hit it perfect with that statement. It's not the hatcheries, but how they are managed. I'm of the belief that the salmon management paradigm we use in WA makes it abundantly clear that there has not been any intention to use hatchery salmon as a recovery tool for some time. Rather, they are produced to supplement overall abundance and justify more liberal fisheries. Commercial welfare (and, to a lesser extent, sport fishing welfare), if you will.

I would argue that, under the current paradigm, hatchery supplementation actually harms wild populations by providing justification for non-selective fishing methods to exceed modeled impacts, because, you know, AHFMD.