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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: silver ghost on February 03, 2013, 05:45:31 PM

Title: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: silver ghost on February 03, 2013, 05:45:31 PM

This article is sure to ruffle a few feathers...

http://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/seattles-top-seafood/articles/how-a-steelhead-trout-goes-from-the-hoh-river-to-the-entree-menu#comments

 :-[

Title: Re: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: Rodney on February 03, 2013, 10:23:52 PM

http://www.facebook.com/hitchcockrestaurant/posts/501239376585285

Title: Re: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: aquapaloosa on February 03, 2013, 10:55:56 PM

Nice post Rod.  The comments are interesting.  I like this one:      "Seafood is like sex and religion...everone has there own version of how it should be done."

Title: Re: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: Pat AV on February 04, 2013, 10:11:49 AM

Glad to see wild steelhead are off the menue. Also great to see a business who tries their best to source sustainable harvested local food.

Looks like a good end to this good work by those who objected to wild steelhead being on the menue and good on the business for stepping up and doing the right thing.

Now we just need to get the gill nets out of the Hoh and stop the ridiculous sport kill on wild steelhead on the Olympic Peninsula

Title: Re: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: silver ghost on February 04, 2013, 09:21:23 PM

Quote from: Rodney on February 03, 2013, 10:23:52 PM

http://www.facebook.com/hitchcockrestaurant/posts/501239376585285

oh wow! thanks for sharing. good to see people made enough noise about this to get them taken off the menu...

Title: Re: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: Novabonker on February 05, 2013, 11:03:38 AM

The Observatory at Grouse Mountain used to claim it served wild steelhead. I called the waiter on it and found out it's Lois Lake pen raised trout.

Title: Re: "How a Steelhead goes from the Hoh river to the entree menu"
Post by: adriaticum on February 06, 2013, 02:12:23 PM

Nobody is talking about wild steelhead on any menus.
The article is talking about hatchery fish.

It's sad that one restaurant caved in to pressure from some "so-called" environmentalists.
I see nothing wrong from them serving steelhead on their menu as long as they stay within the law.
In Washington state many rivers have great runs of hatchery fish.