Salmo,

Thanks for your answer. I am interested to know though, about the specificity of the stocks. Are S fork stilly chinook viewed as a separate stock than N fork stilly chinook, and if so, why? And who is making that distinction?

I've heard alot about the 100 remaining S fork stilly chinook. Which makes me think they ARE viewed as separate. And that apparently it's hard to broodstock a population that small, which hampers hatchery-aided recovery(?)

So why couldn't the stilly be viewed as a single system and the fish in it as genetically similar *enough*. Then we'd have roughly 1000 fish to work with rather than 100.

I'm just asking as a guy who likes to fish for salmon, I obviously have no scientific background. I do want to know more though.