Posted on 05/11/2005 1:50:08 PM PDT by freebilly
DAVENPORT — Almost two months after a dozen fish were killed at a Davenport hatchery, federal investigators are looking for a break in the case.
NOAA Fisheries investigators are offering $5,000 for information about the mid-March killing of the steelhead at the hatchery operated by the Monterey Bay Salmon and Trout Project
"If we crack it, it will be because of public input," NOAA Fisheries Agent Joe Giordano. "We just haven’t had much luck."
Investigators said a freshwater tank had been tainted with chlorine. The dead fish were discovered during a routine check of the tank.
Steelhead in Central California are listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act and harming them can land a person in jail for up to six months.
The incident cut short this year’s effort at restoring steelhead to the San Lorenzo River, said Dave Streig, the only paid employee of the otherwise volunteer group.
Seven of the dead fish were females, he said. Those females can produce 5,000 to 9,000 eggs.
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Three mature females were able to be released back into the river.
The hatchery has operated since 1982 on property owned by Big Creek Lumber Co.
The group has released more than 2 million salmon and steelhead into streams since the effort began, while also offering educational programs for schoolchildren.
Steelhead are born in freshwater and migrate to the ocean, where they reach adulthood before returning to fresh water to reproduce.
Investigators asked that anyone with information call NOAA’s law enforcement hotline at (800) 853-1964 or call Giordano at (707) 575-6073.
Steelhead in Central California are listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act and harming them can land a person in jail for up to six months.
Yeah, steelhead are "threatened" my @$$. These are the same fish that are found all over the rivers of the Western US. No way this should involve federal investigators....
Maybe it's ELF, trying to kill of the recreational fishing industry...
I like a Lake Superior steelhead on the charcoal grill. Gutted, gilled, head removed so it will fit on the Weber. Briquettes on either side of the fish. A shallow pan of beer to keep things moist. About 25 minutes, then flip over. Maybe some apple wood chips. Maybe not.
I know the enviro wackos are complete idiots, but would they really try to kill the recreational fishing industry by getting rid of all the fish?
Seems a bit counterproductive to me.
Now that we have a federal court ruling that hatchery salmon and steelhead count in whether species are endangered, there is no more excuse to maintain what was a fraudulent listing in the first place (except the $750 MILLION dollars the California Department of Fish and Game intends to spend "improving" salmon and steelhead habitat).
Getting rid of the hatchery guarantees that the RICOnuts stay in power forever, which pleases their sponsors in the real estate racketeering business to no end. They don't want any hatcheries.
There are millions of steelhead in lake michigan, all the great lakes and all their tributaries. They can have all they want
Pretty interesting observations. Thanks for your input.
Speaking of enviro wackos, I made the mistake of watching some dopey kid's movie with my son. It was called "Little Bigfoot." Of course the bad guys were evil loggers, but I kind of expected that. They were bad loggers, poaching trees and wildlife and breaking all sorts of laws, environmental or otherwise.
But what shocked me was that the hero chick was tree-spiking envirobitch who also poured sugar into tractor gas tanks! I explained to my son, "That girl is a very evil person, even though this movie is pretending otherwise. People die when idiots like her put spikes in trees. Oh, and this is the last time we're watching this movie."
And "Little Bigfoot" and his mom looked like the guys in gorilla suits from old Abbott and Costello movies.
I've got half a steelhead in the freezer for this weekend's bar-b-que....
Yes, they'd do such a hare brained thing.
In their eyes, stocked fish aren't 'natural'.
So by killing fish in stock tanks, they're 'cleansing the fish gene pool of human interference' in their small minds.
Just like in their minds, burning a building and construction vehicles makes sense despite the fire putting out far more pollution than either the house or the vehicles would in their entire service lives.
That basically is their way of 'thinking'.
It is possible that idiot kids thought it'd be a great 'joke.'
I've seen some stupid kids lately.
Week and a half ago, some pretty stupid kids burned down a building near me.
They were playing 'flamethrower' with fix a flat and grenaded the can.
Which lit the building, and destroyed all the classic vehicles stored inside.
*groan*
So there you have it, two possibilities to ponder.
Stupid kids, or delusional envirowackies.
Twelve fish.
While their goals are long term, the individuals behind it seem to lack any depth, an inability to think beyond the immediate.
Seven of the fish were women....
Yup, follow the money. Here is a book chapter on that topic. I'm the author.
But what shocked me was that the hero chick was tree-spiking envirobitch who also poured sugar into tractor gas tanks!
Yeah, they're much smoother about the propaganda on Animal Planet or the National Geographic. Unfortunately, those folks are also much more dangerous.
I bet it was done by some envirofreak...
There are five hundred pages of serious documentation that back it up.
Environmentalism has become all about controlling who gets to make money (if it was ever really about anything else, given its origins).
Awesome! Thanks!
That location is pretty isolated and remote for it to have been the former.
>>Seven of the fish were women....<<
What?! No children and minorities?!
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