DNR Regs

RESULTS FROM ILL. DNR MEETING NOV. 14, 2005

15 PERCH BAG LIMITWILL REMAIN BUT THE CLOSED SEASON IN JULY

IS UNDER REVIEW. PERCH CHARTERS WILL BE ALLOWED NEXT YEAR IN ILLINIOS.

CHILDREN UNDER 16 MAY KEEP 10 PERCH PER DAY IN JULY

SALMON STOCKING WILL BE REDUCED BY 25% IN LAKE MICHIGAN. ILLINOIS' YEARLY STOCKING WILL ONLY BE REDUCED BY 50,000 SALMON.

DATA WAS PRESENTED BY VARIOUS DNR SCIENTISTS.

YELLOW PERCH ASSESSMENT RESULTS:

YELLOW PERCH STILL SHOW POOR LARVAL SURVIVAL

THE PRIMARY PERCH CLASS IS 1998

(THESE 1998 PERCH ARE FROM 5" TO 13+" LONG)

THE POOR SURVIVAL OF LARVAL PERCH MAY BE DUE

TO THE POOR TIMING OF ZOO PLANKTON BLOOM WHEN

PERCH NEED THE FOOD & LAKE WIND DRIVEN CURRENTS

PERCH LENGTH IS NOT AN INDICATION OF AGE

EARLY SIGNS THAT 2004 YEAR PERCH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO CATCHABLE PERCH POPULATION IN THE FUTURE

THERE MAY BE A FORAGE SHORTAGE ON LAKE MICHIGAN FOR SALMON & OTHER GAME FISH

BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FORAGE BASE SHORTAGE AND INCREASED NATURAL REPRODUCTION OF SALMON, SALMON STOCKING WILL BE REDUCED BY 25% LAKE WIDE.

HENRY'S MEMOS

WE HARVESTED OVER 900,000 PERCH PER YEAR IN THE EARLY

TO MIDDLE 1990'S. ALSO NOTE THAT THE COMMERCIAL PERCH

NETTERS HARVESTED ANOTHER 900,000 PERCH PER YEAR IN

THE SAME PERIOD! HARVEST NOW IS A SMALL FRACTION OF WHAT IT USED TO BE IN THE 90'S. HOW MANY PERCH WOULD BE HARVESTED IN JULY IF IT WERE OPEN TO SPORTS ANGLERS? WE DOUBT A SIGNIFICANT HARVEST WOULD OCCUR BECAUSE JULY PERCH FISHING IS VERY DIFFERENT THESE DAYS.

THE 1998 YEAR CLASS OF PERCH SEEMS TO BE SURVIVING LONGER THAN 6 YEARS.

SECURITY ZONES INCREASED

NO EASING OF NO BOAT ZONE

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