If you think about it, the guys at the hatchery aren't going to stand there and count 1,000 trout when they load them.

Raising trout in the numbers that we do to the size we do is an extremely expensive proposition. We have an obligation to get the best return on that investment that we can.

The guys count on you to be that wall and I think fortitude goes into that. You just want to exude that confidence so the guys can get the job done in front of you and they don't have to worry about anything else.

There's no cause and effect here, but it's a nice coincidence. Could we use some of that [DEP] money toward the work of the center? Sure.

It's still something we feel, as a staff, is viable. That's especially so if the money it raises gets plowed right back into supporting youth programs that get kids fishing.

Any time you introduce a new species into an ecosystem, there will be disruption, but we don't know what that disruption will be.