The equation “more water equals more fish” has been pushed as an unequivocal truth by the environmental community and their friends among government scientists for so long that it has passed from theory to dogma.
But is it correct?
“Where does that come from?” asked Doug Demko, co-owner of FishBio, which has been studying California’s rivers for 25 years. “I’m of the opinion that a lot of the government people … just don’t care” if you can prove the theory. “It comes down to wanting more water.”