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[cool][#0000ff]Two articles by Brett Prettyman in the Outdoors section of the Tribune this morning.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][url "http://www.sltrib.com/outdoors/ci_3332472"]NEW CHIEF OF AQUATICS[/url][/#0000ff]
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I'm certainly going to miss Tom Pettingill.
" Fish planted Then - 20.1 million Now - 8.8 million
Pounds of planted fish Then - 794,000 Now - 930,000"
They definitely are planting more catchables these days than they did in 1975.
"Number of licensed anglers Then - 407,252 Now - 393,831"
Sure seems like there are far more anglers these days than back then.
"Pettengill said the data show the average Utah angler... fishes 12 to 15 days a year..."
Finally I am above (way above) average at something good.
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man that is bogus!!! the government is taking away their bennys. what a joke. i would do the same thing. after a life time commitment such as they have givin... i know for sure they will feal this loss. and i hope it teaches them. freaking indian givers!!!!! now us anglers get the sharp end of the hook.
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It's really too bad that we are loosing those guys. They will be tough to replace.
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That means that $10,239,606 was spent by licensed anglers for fishing licenses (at $26 per license, which should be a little off because many by combination licenses). I sure hope that ten and a quarter million dollars all gets spent on wildlife and DWR budgets.
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Appropriations committee meetings (specifically the Natural Resources Appropriations Subcomittee [url "http://le.utah.gov/asp/interim/Commit.asp?Year=2006&Com=APPNRA"]See Link Here[/url]) during the legislative sessions are always open to the public. It's interesting to see these boys divy out the millions...
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The link is down but I hate to see Tom go. He was one of the better ones to talk to when I was organizing get togethers for the Utah board and he always had time to talk when you saw him on the water!!
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fishermen. That's the best retirement benefit, period.