Are some of the wild salmon eggs used to restock the Bush river?
457. Mr Macafee: The restocking of the Bush river upstream is done with wild salmon, not the hatchery- bred salmon. It is argued that they are now two different strains of salmon. Why, or how, I do not know, but it is said that there is a difference, and there probably is. 458. The Chairperson: You also described it as an experiment. 459. Mr Macafee: The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development would probably call it the River Bush project. It is experimental in the sense that it is trying to find out a whole range of things about salmon, and it has certainly collected a lot of very valuable data. 460. The Chairperson: Is it nearing an end? 461. Mr Macafee: It does not look like it. 462. The Chairperson: How long is it intended to continue for? 463. Mr Macafee: I do not think that I will ever fish the Bush again upstream in its natural state in my lifetime. The Department has another 20-year lease. The only objection we have to that is that we would like to find some way of gett
