Chubs, management, and everything else

[cat_man]

Honestly I don't really care about the June Sucker either. It can be useful in certain situations to support it though, because efforts to restore habitat for the June Sucker also improve the habitat for sportfish. Also, if they want to remove as many carp as they can to minimize competition with the suckers, then all the better too. Also, I believe there is a minimum flow required in the Provo River (at least during certain months) to support the spawn and rearing of June Sucker fry, which also helps.

However, that being said, it would be fantastic if our hands weren't tied in the way that we manage the fishery at Utah Lake. I'd love to see the June Sucker go extinct and let us manage it freely once again. Maybe I'm just being ignorant but that's what I think. Although I wonder if there would be federal repercussions if we allowed a species to go extinct (i.e. funding cuts???)
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