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OnTheFly
Here's another thought. Not all clipped fish spawn back at the hatchery. A few go elsewhere making there offspring all "natives".
3 yrs ago pillar creek on kodiak island alaska had 800-900 kings return to it, funny thing is... the creek has NEVER had a king run! 10-15% of native kings miss their home river and spawn in a different system... even more in second cycle fish.
That "adipose intact" fish is a mid sandy basin spawning TULE and they have not planted tule in that river to interfere with that gene pool. sure some may have strayed since fish are good at wandering - but that fish is about as close to "wild" as we have left in an over fished hatchery dominant river..