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Grass carp vs. sound management

By Robert Montgomery
Bassmaster, Feb. 2005

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Is state Sen. Mike Smith a friend of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries or a bully? Depends on whom you ask. But there is no question that his legislation to put sterile grass carp in Saline Lake goes against a DWF policy that does not allow the stocking of plant-eating fish in lakes where they can't be contained. In this case, they likely will end up in the Red River when the lake floods. More significantly, the law establishes a dangerous precedent: A politician is dictatin ...

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