01-03-2007, 03:27 PM
[reply][cool][#0000ff]The only potential problem in getting DWR to put a limit on white bass is that they eat June Sucker fry. As long as DWR keeps wasting time, money and effort on trying to reestablish a population of June suckers, they are not likely to try to manage any predators that eat their darling suckerettes.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Maybe we need more anglers to show up at the RAC meetings and let them know we want Utah Lake managed for fishing, not as either a fruitless sucker nursery or as a fish market for select groups.[/#0000ff][/reply]
I think that you will have an exceptionally difficult time getting this accomplished regardless of how many people show up to the RAC..."The June sucker, named for its annual June spawning run, is endemic to Utah Lake. This means there are no other places in Utah or the world where June sucker live naturally. The June sucker numbers have gone from millions in the early 1800s, to a natural population of less than 1,000 today.
The June sucker was federally listed as an endangered species with critical habitat in April 1986. Factors contributing to its endangered status include impacts to its natural habitat, water development, and predation or competition with nonnative fish. The June sucker was listed as endangered due to its localized distribution, failure to recruit new adult fish to the population, and because of threats to its continued survival. In an effort to ensure against the threat of extinction the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program was established.
The June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program has grouped recovery tasks identified in the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program Plan (US Fish and Wildlife 1999) into six recovery elements. These recovery elements were established to organize recovery actions by threats that they are intended to address. The elements also ensure a diversified and balanced approach to the implementation of recovery actions so that funding and effort can be applied at the appropriate level for each recovery element. The recovery elements are:
Nonnative Sportfish Management
Habitat Development & Maintenance
Water Management & Protection To Benefit June Sucker
Genetic Integrity & Augmentation
Research, Monitoring & Data Management
Information & Education
Each recovery element is being implemented by the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program and evaluated on an ongoing basis to assess its contribution toward recovery and to ensure an equitable contribution from all recovery activities. "
Because the June sucker is a federally listed species, it's recovery is regulated by the feds not the DWR...
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[#0000ff]Maybe we need more anglers to show up at the RAC meetings and let them know we want Utah Lake managed for fishing, not as either a fruitless sucker nursery or as a fish market for select groups.[/#0000ff][/reply]
I think that you will have an exceptionally difficult time getting this accomplished regardless of how many people show up to the RAC..."The June sucker, named for its annual June spawning run, is endemic to Utah Lake. This means there are no other places in Utah or the world where June sucker live naturally. The June sucker numbers have gone from millions in the early 1800s, to a natural population of less than 1,000 today.
The June sucker was federally listed as an endangered species with critical habitat in April 1986. Factors contributing to its endangered status include impacts to its natural habitat, water development, and predation or competition with nonnative fish. The June sucker was listed as endangered due to its localized distribution, failure to recruit new adult fish to the population, and because of threats to its continued survival. In an effort to ensure against the threat of extinction the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program was established.
The June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program has grouped recovery tasks identified in the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program Plan (US Fish and Wildlife 1999) into six recovery elements. These recovery elements were established to organize recovery actions by threats that they are intended to address. The elements also ensure a diversified and balanced approach to the implementation of recovery actions so that funding and effort can be applied at the appropriate level for each recovery element. The recovery elements are:
Nonnative Sportfish Management
Habitat Development & Maintenance
Water Management & Protection To Benefit June Sucker
Genetic Integrity & Augmentation
Research, Monitoring & Data Management
Information & Education
Each recovery element is being implemented by the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program and evaluated on an ongoing basis to assess its contribution toward recovery and to ensure an equitable contribution from all recovery activities. "
Because the June sucker is a federally listed species, it's recovery is regulated by the feds not the DWR...
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