Scofield DWR Netting

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[quote Browntrout]I thing for sure - when the river below Scofield was struggling and should have been catch and release only - what did the Price DWR office do? Kept the 4 fish limit.
Then a few years later - no fish 2 miles down from Scofield. Once a fantastic river fishery totally mis-managed and in the toilet.[/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]In the interest of getting the facts on this issue, I contacted Chris Penne, the Northern Regions Aquatics Manager and asked him if a DWR Regional Office has the authority to change fish limits as specified in the Guidebook. The short answer is: “No; Regional Offices do NOT have that authority.”
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]If a Regional Office staff member/employee decides that a change is indicated, the data indicating the change along with a recommendation is compiled and submitted to the RAC. It is discussed at the appropriate RAC meeting and then forwarded to the Wildlife Board along with the RAC and Regional Office recommendations. The Wildlife Board considers the recommendation and approves or disapproves the recommended change based on the results of all of the inputs.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]I have never fished the Price River or Scofield Reservoir. I don’t ever plan to do so in the future. So, I don’t have a dog in this fight. But I can only assume from what you and others have said on this thread that IF there was problem with the Price River fishery in the past and nothing was done about it, then a couple of things could have happened. Was the Price Regional Office even aware that there was a perceived problem with the fishery? If no, then they wouldn’t have made a recommendation to fix it by lowering the limit or restrict it to C&R only. If they were aware, did they investigate and make a recommendation to the RAC? If a recommendation was made to the RAC, did the RAC put it on their agenda and have a discussion with input from all interested parties? After assembling all the inputs, did they, in turn, make a recommendation to the Wildlife Board supporting the Regional Office recommendation?[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]It is NOT a simple process folks. It is governed by State approved rules & regulations and must go through the process before ANY changes can be made. I honestly don’t know what happened regarding the supposed decline in the Price River fishery years ago. And I honestly, I will not lose any sleep over it. And since you happened to feel that the appropriate action wasn’t taken, I can only assume that the Regional Office wasn’t aware there was a problem, or they knew about it and submitted a recommendation that got shot down somewhere in the State required process.[/size][/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. [cool][/size][/#800000][/font]
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