Discussion about perch in Fish Lake

[ColdWaterCoord]

I believe that the addition of the online and email surveys that we have done over the last few years have provided valuable information that we would not have gotten otherwise. One of the drawbacks to using online surveys is that they are not statistically valid because everyone has the opportunity to respond, and therefore we do not have a good idea of the base population that we are surveying. However, input at public meetings falls into this same category, so just the increased numbers of respondents is a good thing.

We will continue to let everyone know when these surveys are open through posts here, media stories and other venues. We really do want to hear what people think/want in our fisheries.

Paul Birdsey
Coldwater Sportfish Coordinator
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
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