10-11-2004, 12:42 AM
saturday I caught a short biogriphy on one of michigans out of doors programs on the public braudcasting network.
apperently we have an island up north that claim that their problems with the loss of perch populations are the sole fauld of this fish eating raptur.
the program claims that the state is activly motivated to prove one way or the other this theiry.
the state is going to reduce the population of the bird on this island by 15 percent.
when the dnr reported for duty on the island they had already found that the seaguls were already feeding upon the cormorant eggs. the state whent ahead and sprayed the remaining nest eggs with corn oil to kill off the eggs but this would keep the birds nesting far to late to relay.
the state banned some live birds. they electronicly collared others and terminated yet more and captured even more for live studies and emediate disections.
the state will continue this for several years to make an indepth study. they know that the perch pop did not drop over night and they also know that the perch pop wont recover over night.
where my disagreement is that the perch population is drasticaly smaller all over the state great lakes waters not just up on the island where the double headed cormorant call home.
in places where I once caught perch I now catch goby.
personaly I think the bird problem is bunk and the state is waisting time when they could address the real problem or at least investigat the goby as a posible as well.
when you find goby compeating for the same resoces as the perch, it would seem that the problem would be fairly simple. in addition to the goby, additional walleye stocking could also add to the problem...
I realy think it is the goby my self. but time will tell all, just hope they wont wait to long before investigating other posibilities.... I beleive they need to because the perch pop is down every where...
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apperently we have an island up north that claim that their problems with the loss of perch populations are the sole fauld of this fish eating raptur.
the program claims that the state is activly motivated to prove one way or the other this theiry.
the state is going to reduce the population of the bird on this island by 15 percent.
when the dnr reported for duty on the island they had already found that the seaguls were already feeding upon the cormorant eggs. the state whent ahead and sprayed the remaining nest eggs with corn oil to kill off the eggs but this would keep the birds nesting far to late to relay.
the state banned some live birds. they electronicly collared others and terminated yet more and captured even more for live studies and emediate disections.
the state will continue this for several years to make an indepth study. they know that the perch pop did not drop over night and they also know that the perch pop wont recover over night.
where my disagreement is that the perch population is drasticaly smaller all over the state great lakes waters not just up on the island where the double headed cormorant call home.
in places where I once caught perch I now catch goby.
personaly I think the bird problem is bunk and the state is waisting time when they could address the real problem or at least investigat the goby as a posible as well.
when you find goby compeating for the same resoces as the perch, it would seem that the problem would be fairly simple. in addition to the goby, additional walleye stocking could also add to the problem...
I realy think it is the goby my self. but time will tell all, just hope they wont wait to long before investigating other posibilities.... I beleive they need to because the perch pop is down every where...
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