Comment Re:Wrong conclusion: not "unintended consequences" (Score 1) 118
I am not convinced of any altruism, and that the Salmon were necessarily for commercial fishing jobs (though that was stated as the Fed's intention and a well-known Pacific industry), but for Sport Fishing of larger fish, what, already being rediscovered in the 50s and 60s. It also appears that US fish canneries were well in decline by then. Already an outdoorsman haven and large tourist industry, the very notion of of the extreme profits to be made turning Northern Michigan even further into a Sports Fisherman's paradise could not have been far from their mind. You only have to drive the area to understand what was at stake; everywhere thousands of mom and pop motels, cabins, restaurants, barely surviving through the off seasons with the potential for millions.. The Lake Trout were already excellent fish but long growing and non-fighters if taken from the deep (can confirm - used to take Lake Trout from >120ft depths, by hand easily). And, I experienced the alewhive infestations of the 60s - not pretty.