04-12-2022, 11:16 PM
(04-12-2022, 08:21 PM)Therapist Wrote: One thing about the PCB deal. Not sure WHO!! determined that the levels were to high in Utah Lake Carp and why. It always struck me as strange that just when the Loy's were really putting a smack down on the carp at Utah Lake, their biggest market dried up. It is also funny that they were supplanted by carp from China ( yes they shipped em from China to the West Coast ) which had higher levels of toxic heavy metals, although the PCB level was lower !! Never could figure that one out. Some of the Winter pictures of the operation are classic, especially the ones showing the Bald and Golden Eagles sitting on the ice picking up carp that fell off the cart as they were being transported off the ice to shore.I liked the winter pics with the nets stretched between holes and the Kubota tractor pulling out nets full of the watery swine.
The science behind the removal was pretty established and I am surprised that they discontinued the project before they accomplished their goal !! Ah, maybe the "dredging boys" have a solution !!!
What still bothers me is the Loy’s were paid ten cents(appx)/lb of federal funds but a couple guys bowfishing would not get paid for what they killed.