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Originally Posted by bobalong
This ideas was presented to F/W at a Fisheries Rountable in about 2006. Looked like a great idea........rejected because they didn't have the staff to monitor them. F/W were presented with many good ideas at these meetings, but at the time did not accept any of them. I believe the cost at that time was about 5000.00 for each "micropond". I can't remember the increase in survival rates but it was substantial.
I don't know, but think this could also work well for pike and perch.
There were quite a few members from clubs there that said they could raise that amount fairly easily, so there would be no setup cost to the government, with the exception of some monitoring. F/W said they did not have the budget for monitoring these......... 
http://lloydfishandgame.org/micro-pond/ |
That is sad. Budget for monitoring?? I wonder what they want to monitor. Talk about a huge cop out.
I was curious about "monitoring" in Wisconsin since they seem to have no troubles with fish farming. I found this:
http://www.fondriest.com/news/gis-ma...heir-ponds.htm
What is interesting is overall how much the ideas are embraced...and innovated. Not to mention the fish farm numbers reported in his article. I know they are used for other purposes as in the "commercial" - from farm to table - but it is really run more like an overall business than a government program.