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Modesto Irrigation District sees bass as problem, not water; District fights irrigation cuts mandated to save salmon

Posted by: Maven on November 29, 2009 at 8:19 am

mid reservoirFrom the Modesto Bee:

“Every spring, some of the water that might have gone to farms instead flows down the Tuolumne River to help young salmon get to sea. And every spring, officials with the Modesto Irrigation District say, striped bass gobble up many of these fish as they swim through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The MID is trying to get state and federal officials to control the bass population rather than seek increased releases from Don Pedro Reservoir. The district contends that the bass, introduced to California in 1879, have come to dominate the delta at the expense of salmon and other struggling native fish.

“What’s written on the wall, from my perspective, is one word: predation,” said Tim O’Laughlin, the district’s general counsel, during a Nov. 17 presentation to its board. … “

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November 29, 2009 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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