Salmon are tasty Wrote:

> Not so fast there, you forgot about the fish
> huggers. They would certainly complain and object
> to anything that could even remotely affect the
> salmon runs. They have successfully in the past
> forced hydro power operators to run at reduced
> capacity to provide more water for fish, so taking
> even a small amount of water out of the river I’m
> sure would be met with objections.

Before you go around ridiculing those concerned about diminishing populations of salmon, try brushing up your knowledge of fisheries. A very good source is
Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: the Future of the Last Wild Food.

Salmon stocks have been depleted all over the country except for Alaska. No, I don't consider farm-raised salmon an acceptable substitute.