07-22-2010, 08:59 PM
[quote dowhatwecan]Please take a look at the following link. I believe it has all the information that a person would need to find a health approved source of fish that could be stocked into a private pond.
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It really scares the hell out of me to hear some of the board members recommending collecting fish from an uncertified source and moving those fish illegally into a private pond. This type of activity leads to no good. There are a number of parasites that live in bass and you very well could be transporting those parasites to your private pond. Not to mention it is illegal and after all the damage that has been done statewide with "bucket biology" in a number of waters it is still an issue and still discussed openly in a public forum.
This fall and winter the DWR is going to explore increasing the penalties for moving live fish. There are three main items that are being looked at.
1. Include transportation in the law so anyone transporting live fish can be prosecuted not only those caught stocking live fish.
2. Include restitution for the damage and reclamation to the resource (water body). If someone is found guilty of say stocking walleye in Red Fleet Reservoir they can be prosecuted for the cost of removing all the walleye from the Reservoir.
3. Include a substantial reward that will make it worth while for a person to turn in the guilty individual.
Drew[url "http://ag.utah.gov/divisions/animal/fish/index.html"][/url][/url][/url][/url][/quote]
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It really scares the hell out of me to hear some of the board members recommending collecting fish from an uncertified source and moving those fish illegally into a private pond. This type of activity leads to no good. There are a number of parasites that live in bass and you very well could be transporting those parasites to your private pond. Not to mention it is illegal and after all the damage that has been done statewide with "bucket biology" in a number of waters it is still an issue and still discussed openly in a public forum.
This fall and winter the DWR is going to explore increasing the penalties for moving live fish. There are three main items that are being looked at.
1. Include transportation in the law so anyone transporting live fish can be prosecuted not only those caught stocking live fish.
2. Include restitution for the damage and reclamation to the resource (water body). If someone is found guilty of say stocking walleye in Red Fleet Reservoir they can be prosecuted for the cost of removing all the walleye from the Reservoir.
3. Include a substantial reward that will make it worth while for a person to turn in the guilty individual.
Drew[url "http://ag.utah.gov/divisions/animal/fish/index.html"][/url][/url][/url][/url][/quote]
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