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SCHMIDT TO EDIT GREAT LAKES PUBLICATION
Bob Schmidt has been hired as editor of the Inland Seas Angler Great Lakes
Basin Report, an official publication of the Great Lakes Sport Fishing
Council, according to Dan Thomas, Council President. The monthly is
distributed to member-organizations and individuals throughout the Great
Lakes region and across the country and Canada.
"We're fortunate to have someone with Schmidt's editorial experience and
knowledge of the Great Lakes," said Thomas. "He has had a long history with
the Council and, in fact, was closely involved with its beginnings."
"It's ironic," Schmidt added, "because I was among the delegates from four
organizations that established the Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council in
1972. With the late Eldon Robbins of Milwaukee, I developed the Council's
original bylaws. I also edited the Council's newsletter and, in the
mid-1980s, its Inland Seas Angler publications for several years."
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Schmidt's credits include: former President of AGLOW; editor, AGLOW's
Horizons; original editor of In Fisherman back in the 70s; author, Great
Lakes Circle Tour and other books; public and media relations for various
tackle manufacturers; owner of "The Outdoor Experience."
For more information, contact:
Dan Thomas, President
Great Lakes Sport
Fishing Council
P.O. Box 297
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(630) 941-1351
Fax
(630) 941-1196 You can e-mail Dan at:
dan@great-lakes.org
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| TOURNAMENTS IMPACTING WARM-WATER FISH
Tournament-associated mortality in black bass
Some tournaments are impacting warm-water fish. Estimates of
tournament-associated mortality in black basses for 130 tournaments held
between 1972 and 1996 were compiled by Texas fisheries biologist Gene R.
Wilde.
Initial mortality decreased significantly between the 1970s (19.5%), and the
1980s (6.6%). Delayed mortality was 10.4% in the 1970s, 20.9% and 26.2%
respectively for the 1980s, and 23.3% and 28.3% respectively for the 1990s.
This suggests that recommendations made by previous researchers for reducing
tournament-associated mortality were disregarded or ineffective. Analysis of
correlations shows a strong positive relationship between water temperature
and initial and delayed mortality.
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There was a strong negative relationship between tournament size and initial
mortality, and a moderately strong positive relationship with delayed
mortality. Estimated of initial mortality alone provide no information on
the magnitude of total tournament-associated mortality; therefore, both
initial and delayed mortality must be measured.
These results also suggest that a substantial portion of
tournament-associated mortality is the result of injuries sustained during
hooking, playing and landing of fish.
(Courtesy: American Fisheries Society)
Gene R. Wilde is an assistant professor in the Department of Range,
Wildlife, and Fisheries Management at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
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BOOK REVIEW
The Li'l Red Book of Fishin' Tips
At just a tad more than 100 pages and liberally illustrated, The Li'l Red
Book of Fishin' Tips is an easy and pleasurable read. The author, in his
preface, tells us what the book is all about.
"It's mostly about fishin'. It's got some good tips in it, tips about
fishin'. It also has some recipes for fish, some observations, a poem or two
and some thoughts about some things you could be wastin' your time doing
besides fishin'."
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Hollatz' book is a combination of humor, pathos and philosophy, and he
quotes both the famous and no-so-famous.
The Li'l Red Book of Fishin' Tips can be ordered through Hollatz for $9.45
by mail, by writing to: Fishin' Book
10699 N. Creek
Boulder Junction, WI
54512
or you can call (715) 385-2845.
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MAGAZINE REVIEW
Great Lakes Angler
This spring marks the debut of Great Lakes Angler magazine, the newest
O'Meara-Brown Publications title. In it you'll find the latest Great Lakes
fishing news, tips, basin reports, fishery fore-casts, product reviews and
more.
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Great Lakes Angler is the new magazine from the publishers of Lakeland
Boating. It will help you get the most out of fishing the Lakes by revealing
the secrets of the region's master fishermen. You'll find out where the
trophy-sized walleye, trout, salmon, muskie, channel cats, yellow perch, and
steelhead are biting. What lures are working best. What equipment you will
need. And what little-known techniques will help you land 'em every time!
For fast service, call toll free (800) 214-5558, $14.95 for five issues.
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MERCURY STUDY RESULTS
Low-mercury fish found to pose no risk
Children whose mothers, while pregnant, had eaten lots of ocean fish
containing low levels of mercury suffered no ill effects in a study
conducted in the Indian Ocean country of Seychelles.
"These are people who eat fish 12 times a week, and we have not found any
negative effects," said Dr. Gary Myers, professor of pediatrics at the
University of Rochester in New York.
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Results of the study were published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association.
In the Seychelles, where 85% of the population eats fish every day, mercury
contamination levels are comparable to those in the U.S. market.
The researchers measured the mercury in the pregnant women's bodies, then
followed development of 711 children until age 5½. No adverse effects were
found in tests on language, reading, arithmetic, spatial skills and social
abilities.
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BAY DE NOC GROUP FILES MOTION IN FEDERAL COURT
Bay de Noc group files as friend of the court in 1985 consent decree
On Oct. 9, 1998, the Bay de Noc Great Lakes Sportfishermen, Inc. from Delta
County, Michigan, filed a Motion in Federal Court to participate in
resolving fishing issues in conjunction with the anticipated expiration of
the Consent Decree entered into in 1985. The Decree expires in the year
2000.
The organization is seeking permission from the Western District of the U.S.
Federal Court to appear in the case as amicus curiae to independently
protect Little and Big Bays de Noc from biologically harmful practices that
would hurt the sport fishery on which this community has become dependent.
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The Decree involved an agreement between the United States, the Bay Mills
Indian Community, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, the State of Michigan, the
Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) and additional sport fishing
organizations from Lower Michigan. That agreement resulted in a zonal
fishery allocation and management plan for the Great Lakes. Recently, the
Little River Band of the Ottawa Indians was allowed to intervene as a
Plaintiff in the Federal Case that has continuing jurisdiction over the
matter.
"Because of the 1985 Consent Decree and the efforts of responsible
self-regulation by tribal and commercial fishermen, the fish populations in
Bays de Noc appear to be improving," said attorney Paul L. Strom. "We would
like to see the protections from the earlier Consent Decree continued or
expanded in Bays de Noc. The Bay de Noc GLSF sportfishing organization seeks
independent status, as a 'Friend of the Court,' to offer their decision
makers and parties our local expertise," Strom said.
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U.S. COAST GUARD REPORT ON PFD's
100 mph lifevests do not protect wearers from traumatic injury in a high
speed crash
The U.S. Coast Guard reports several life preserver (PFD) manufacturers have
advertised their products as "100 mile per hour lifevests." This has led
many readers of the advertisements to the false conclusion that such
products will protect riders of Personal Watercraft (PWCs) from injuries in
high speed crashes. Not so.
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