01-20-2011, 05:32 AM
Quote:one thing that they could do better is communicate better to the public,that might help all understand why we dont need every kinda of fish in every lake.
Quote:Live fish and crayfish
Utah Code § 23-13-14 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-13-17
You may not release fish or crayfish into the wild except as provided in the Wildlife Code, rule, proclamation or order of the Wildlife Board. For example, you can release fish caught at Scofield Reservoir back into Scofield, but you cannot take live fish from Scofield and place those fish in another water. Any person who moves live fish from one body of water to another is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
You may use live fish stringers, livewells or holding cages to store fish or crayfish while fish- ing on the water where you caught them.
A trout, salmon or grayling may not be released if it’s been held on a stringer or in a fish basket, livewell or any other type of device.
You may not transport live fish or crayfish away from the water where they were caught.
Pages 42 through 45 of the current proclamation deal specifically with illegal transplanting of fish, why it is bad, how the DWR has to deal with it, and how expensive it is to deal with the problem. What more do you want???? They can't babysit every body of water and every fisherman. There are idiots among us. Some people will transplant fish no matter what the negatives are to the rest of the world. They want _______ (insert species name here) and they're gonna plant them. I wish the law would allow the use of deadly force for such an offense, and make it permissible even after the offense, if it could be proven. They either want to have their favorite fish closer to home, or want to improve the fishing for their pet species.
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