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<br />USFWS ~ _ FAX NO. 3077722359 __.01
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<br />Captive breeding,. fish '*
<br />hatcheries criticized at
<br />congressional hearing
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<br />'It cannot be strellSM
<br />loa SlroJ1g~1 thaI while
<br />propagalioll difillite/y
<br />has a suppartive tVle ill
<br />recovel;Y of so /lie
<br />"'flCcles. it is lIot a
<br />slIhY/illlfeformCfJvcry
<br />of lisled specie.;'
<br />. in lI1e wild.'
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<br />- AfiI.l:tth\t .Uk wad WUdur,..
<br />Sfl'\>fto~ [)Ir<<I~r Mil:hctl.'1 SPCIU'
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<br />WASHINGTON (AP) - Biol-
<br />ogi$t8, zOlllogilCllIlll1d ClInt\)C! l)d.
<br />Inini.tra~ion officiul, warned
<br />C'~"(5rcll~ Ulili w~k ugo.i11a1t relying
<br />on t::D.lllivo brc1.'1llng programs 10
<br />ao.\I~ C'1\t!angcl'cd fish tlnd wildlife
<br />fnnn CXlIlll:llun.
<br />"It Qt\II11Ul bo :HrCllscd 100
<br />~lroll~ly UlIU whil~ Itrc,lll:I\C:llion
<br />d.;1iulllll)' hus '" :tu('Jl'nr(ivc role in
<br />rc.c.ovcry of some "pccio,. it h. not
<br />U lIillbatltu(c fm r~coYcry Dr lined
<br />species in Ihe willi," A5IshHullt
<br />1'1$11 nnll Wildlife Scrvic~ Dlf(:ctQr
<br />Micr\t\C!1 Spear .s.ultl.
<br />..It haN lon, ~u interpreted
<br />Chul lho 111&'1\00(0 oftllc (U.S. "'ls.!l
<br />and Wildlife) ~~rvjco J6lCl rtlCOV-
<br />crwillJ pOJlul81lons in Mtivc hnbi-
<br />tdll whenever
<br />pouibltl,lt hu
<br />lliilM.
<br />LIkcwise, (he
<br />N.llollal MarlDC
<br />J1hchcr{cs Ser_
<br />vice Cl.lspolIslblc
<br />for protectIng
<br />~oalJollIg n!lb
<br />"UllllOMl> cnpli.",-,
<br />breedins I'fO-
<br />groms fc;'lr S{lIl1~
<br />Ilp~dcll. ubu<<
<br />only u ala.,,1 re-
<br />sort," Dcr,u,y
<br />Roeioltul 0 rec-
<br />tor Gory Milt-
<br />lock ~lItd.
<br />"There nrc (I
<br />numbor llf 80-
<br />neflc 2"d eco_
<br />10~lelll ridet; O.K.
<br />soolo.llId willi
<br />prOpugulion," h" rolc.llhc J10tlliO
<br />Mcr';:'lllnt M~thll: Dlld Fillherlcs
<br />Cumcnluoo.
<br />Filth hnlchcri~ In panicula( cun
<br />hav~ t\ nc.:nd.,c effoct 011 nntivB
<br />pUilUlallul1!1i or sahu(lll, w03kcn.
<br />JIli: (he wild :druios. mnkini: thclI1
<br />morc ~u:-lc(.'pliblu 10 pnxtl.l.fOrS IInd
<br />cliICil!C. Matlock sardo
<br />"NMFS b~lievc!il th.a1 errQ~iv\:'
<br />rooover)' uf lif;t~d Puc:ific Nurlll-
<br />wes:l .Gnlll1!)(1 requires li\lb&t;Ulliul
<br />chunu:~~ tu lho primu'O' acliviti~s
<br />tll&l JI8VO ~t'lullQd Ihe ollJ1~J~ do-
<br />cline -th~ Columbia Rivor lJ..1.sin
<br />h)'cJropl)wer sYltlelU, wulof.''lhCll
<br />hAbitat IlHUlasol1lCnl and' tlsh hnr-
<br />vQ$t." hQ &ald.
<br />Scott Derrickson, "~socIUlo di-
<br />fc;lC(Or for conservatiOIl ut Ihe
<br />Smilhsoltlllll hlf:tltutilln's NlItiOIl-
<br />al Zoo, !'l'lid, "W~re rrllcdcltl.p,J-
<br />tcrmuJvCll C'xl!'l, lhoy arc goul,}(ul-
<br />Iy fat' Ilrcfcrublc h) cll.Jlliv~ breed.
<br />il1~_"
<br />The COJlllllin~ hCllt'd I~~timony
<br />ill onc ofa liuriC6 ofhearlnUli rc~_
<br />lUlcd t6 ..eaUlhQriz.lIIOIl (If tbe En-
<br />JUl1g~rcd Spceic" Act ur 1973.
<br />EIlVirQUlIu:nlilli5lE ICOIf pru.
<br />PIJ~cc.1 Qhango:li lu the: act would
<br />wClIkon prolcetlon of fillb lInd
<br />W'lhIfiCclt;J.bUal.
<br />Bills tnlrodueud by RQ.p.. l)itly
<br />'l'iluzil1. D.L:J., Jh.<p. Ja~k Fio;ld:t,
<br />R."-CJCIlIl, Sen. SIc.Je Gortun, H.
<br />Wll.~h.. lIoll SQIl. Riel1ilf{f Shelby,
<br />f).Ala., wouhJ "t::llf the- Bndiln-
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<br />Q\lrc:d Spocles Act." snid Dcbo.
<br />r4h CtuUiC. a u'aJnetl L()olu~t and
<br />dirct:tor of tbe .pccicl'i rccov<:ry
<br />pfOtram at (he Center for Milrlnc:
<br />Consc:.rv:uil,)n.
<br />"II woufcJ lie: it vI' lit J..nlltlO wilt\
<br />UllnL.'Ccnary fl.."'(luirumonhl ... Mnd
<br />rC()ucc hubilu( PI'Oll."<ltinn," .\ih,-,
<br />sulcJ llurlo.l: It ncWfI; COnfel'cn,"'q iIll
<br />Ihe Nl)tionallJre~6 Club bduN lhl:'
<br />ccnW-OniORtll heorin~,
<br />'!1te !;tilts would di~t t.l.IC~.
<br />f\l:htry cf lhc:: inlcrior leJ t..'<lnllider
<br />thl: IClm~( l.."'CC)11t1111icaIly dh;rufllivc
<br />way (0 robllJld. a troubled ~pcdcs.'
<br />population. Th...t dil'ec:tivo likely
<br />wouklfCllullln murcC3(l1lvcbrood..
<br />in~ prol,.rram$ in,;lend Ofn."SlrJllciuntc
<br />on cOll\mcrciul dovelDpm~l1t nee.
<br />C""t')' (6 rrotCQ(
<br />h~bifal. Cr9Uae
<br />.liOlid,
<br />I IWC h~i\rncd
<br />hove. W(l CUlt
<br />raise amall
<br />lliall1lt:llt lI11d I'C-
<br />ICl1l1c Ihclll. Dill
<br />it mil)' protluec
<br />animals largoly
<br />whit lho 1II4nlO
<br />gcnolic back-
<br />ground, Th91'C is
<br />\IlOlTl~ qucHtion
<br />thul nllbough
<br />you LIre inc:n:ali-
<br />109 numbcNi or
<br />SRlmun in the
<br />river, you may
<br />be: w~lIkDnln{t
<br />the OV13fUIl jl(ll)-
<br />ulolion,"CrQ\lsc
<br />auid.
<br />Jack Wond)', who r~nU)' re-
<br />fired .:dter 3.5 YO;ltS 4s 11 blOlo.ll:i::lt
<br />forthtl' U.S.I'l.dl ilnd Wildlife Se....
<br />vice, silid rrouuct.'l of cap(ivc
<br />breeding ~4look ?ood bUl YOll
<br />don'l knQW what IS guillg 011 in~
<br />llOicJo phYliiologicully.
<br />"You can mbc troul :In<J chey
<br />look E.ooJ. Tiley look llke trout
<br />They l'lwhn like: Irou1. lJul when
<br />you <cut them UPUll lhere UN ~al
<br />PI'obJClllS wilh Iheir liwC'S, wilh
<br />d\clr gOllnds _lid ev~rylhil1g c\!;c,"
<br />hc.'lDld.
<br />Rep. Gerry Studds, (J.Mtlu..
<br />chalrl11~11 onhe colll1nil1CO:, hall in-
<br />troduced n rC:l1l,1.thoriu'ioJ] bi(l
<br />IllOfC J'uvorablc 10 C()lllOcrvalion-
<br />Ms,
<br />Sluddli 2Suid 1'uc:i<.lilY ClIl'tivc
<br />br~Jing has 1)I'OVCn liUCCCIUI~rul
<br />witll so.me specles. Thu Quoslion
<br />iH" 'lshould itbcQllly aUlCllSlU'C of
<br />Jurd resort, Qr should II be an iJ)lc~
<br />grol clement or nU rceuyery er-
<br />fon!l:. ...
<br />"It is R dcei<<ion tt) I1ngmtl'nl all:
<br />mir;)("lc UrMolhcr N~run; with the
<br />pnwOI' uf hUt~nll lcchnolo~)'."
<br />Studds ~,id.
<br />R\lP.1lIu..4boLh FUC6C. D.On:,.3.
<br />n1cttlbcr Qf the panel, :oll.lid !!;hu
<br />agr\X-tf ctlJl(ivc: breeding c.m be u
<br />"uNcf\l1 t001" ill lhe CunIOK( or:a
<br />~OIllJ1..chcnsivc ItlUU:JBCI1H.'111 plnn,
<br />but ",holllcJ Jlot be- used ~\!; # ~ub-
<br />stitulc" for f'rotceliun oflhc: froll.
<br />bled 8,}(..'Clcs' hllblhll.
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<br />FISH & WiLDLIFE
<br />ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
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