06-22-2007, 09:45 PM
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[#0000ff]One point I neglected to make, since you raised it, was that June Suckers are indirectly responsible for the cessation of commercial carp harvesting on Utah Lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The Loy family has maintained a commercial carp seining operation on Utah Lake for several decades. In the past they netted truckloads of carp on a daily basis. Obviously, that was one form of keeping the population down...although even that did not seem to diminish the ugly hordes. As recently as two years ago, it was estimated that carp made up 90 percent of the biomass of Utah Lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the feds stepped in to save the June suckers, they proposed to remove millions more carp from the lake, as a means of giving the underdogs more of a fighting chance. In exploring all possible markets for the surplus carp, they had a large sampling of carp analyzed for nutritional value, and for any potential chemical residues. BINGO. Utah Lake carp were found to have unsafe levels of PCBs and were instantly rendered as not fit for human consumtion. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That pretty much killed the only non-natural source of carp removal that had been working (somewhat) to reduce carp numbers. Suddenly, there is no active method of carp reduction in the lake. So...the very fish the feds are trying to protect...by killing carp...killed off the carp killing program.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Another fine example of our tax dollars at work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But...let me tell you how I REALLY REALLY feel...[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]One point I neglected to make, since you raised it, was that June Suckers are indirectly responsible for the cessation of commercial carp harvesting on Utah Lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The Loy family has maintained a commercial carp seining operation on Utah Lake for several decades. In the past they netted truckloads of carp on a daily basis. Obviously, that was one form of keeping the population down...although even that did not seem to diminish the ugly hordes. As recently as two years ago, it was estimated that carp made up 90 percent of the biomass of Utah Lake.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When the feds stepped in to save the June suckers, they proposed to remove millions more carp from the lake, as a means of giving the underdogs more of a fighting chance. In exploring all possible markets for the surplus carp, they had a large sampling of carp analyzed for nutritional value, and for any potential chemical residues. BINGO. Utah Lake carp were found to have unsafe levels of PCBs and were instantly rendered as not fit for human consumtion. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That pretty much killed the only non-natural source of carp removal that had been working (somewhat) to reduce carp numbers. Suddenly, there is no active method of carp reduction in the lake. So...the very fish the feds are trying to protect...by killing carp...killed off the carp killing program.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Another fine example of our tax dollars at work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But...let me tell you how I REALLY REALLY feel...[/#0000ff]
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