“…Key release parameters that affect survival of hatchery fish released into the wild include fish size-at-release (e.g., Hager and Noble, 1976;Tsukamoto et al, 1989;Svåsand and Kristiansen, 1990b;Leber et al, , 1997Leber et al, , 1998Leber et al, , 2005Lorenzen, 2000), release season (e.g., Bilton et al, 1982;Leber et al, 1997Leber et al, , 1998Hines et al, 2008), release habitat and microhabitat (e.g., Leber et al, 1998;Gardner and Van Putten, 2008;Hines et al, 2008), release magnitude (Brennan et al, 2008;Hines et al, 2008), transport and release associated stress (Sulikowski et al, 2005;Fairchild et al, 2009), and acclimatization at release sites (Brennan et al, 2006;Fairchild et al, 2008;Hervas et al, in press). These and similar experimental studies have shown that choices made about release parameters can result in significantly different mortality rates of released hatchery fish.…”