02-23-2015, 05:14 PM
Oh, come on mods, don't delete all the incoherent anti DWR, anti June sucker rants. They effectively generate more support for the program and the DWR than anything the division or a supporter like myself could ever put up. ;-)
Walleye predation and the June sucker was brought up earlier. Several year ago, when the Utah Lake fisheries forum was still going on, a biologist from Utah State presented a study to the forum called a food web analysis regarding Utah lake. It described the major food chain interactions among the different fish species there. The Cliff notes version of it was that walleye were less of a threat to June sucker restoration than would be expected and that actually, the white bass may be more of a threat.
Subsequent studies showed how difficult it would be to eliminate or control the white bass, so efforts went more towards carp control and habitat enhancement.
So walleye guys, you have relatively little to worry about with the June sucker program. (Unless the BFT ranters get their way and the recovery program is tossed in the trash bin and the Feds take over, then who knows what will happen .)
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Walleye predation and the June sucker was brought up earlier. Several year ago, when the Utah Lake fisheries forum was still going on, a biologist from Utah State presented a study to the forum called a food web analysis regarding Utah lake. It described the major food chain interactions among the different fish species there. The Cliff notes version of it was that walleye were less of a threat to June sucker restoration than would be expected and that actually, the white bass may be more of a threat.
Subsequent studies showed how difficult it would be to eliminate or control the white bass, so efforts went more towards carp control and habitat enhancement.
So walleye guys, you have relatively little to worry about with the June sucker program. (Unless the BFT ranters get their way and the recovery program is tossed in the trash bin and the Feds take over, then who knows what will happen .)
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