05-25-2016, 04:55 PM
[quote BassDuder]So increase the harvest of all sizes of SM. and improve the spawning habitat for the perch and it's a home run. What the worst that could happen?[/quote]
If you improve the perch spawning habitat, then you gain nothing by removing smb. The spawning perch would simply occupy the space opened up by removing the smb.
Aren't perch spawning right now? They aren't being stocked, so obviously they aren't having any trouble reproducing and keeping their population numbers high. What good would improving their habitat do? We'd be better off wrecking their habitat and limiting their spawning recruitment to "partial" success rates.
Adding more perch won't help. You have to remove fish, not add more.
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If you improve the perch spawning habitat, then you gain nothing by removing smb. The spawning perch would simply occupy the space opened up by removing the smb.
Aren't perch spawning right now? They aren't being stocked, so obviously they aren't having any trouble reproducing and keeping their population numbers high. What good would improving their habitat do? We'd be better off wrecking their habitat and limiting their spawning recruitment to "partial" success rates.
Adding more perch won't help. You have to remove fish, not add more.
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