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��� Df c'a <br /> _ c <br /> V 7e <br /> r�r �1 <br /> '/IIINO�Y <br /> January 9, 1998 <br /> PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 98 - 02 I <br /> MEMORANDiJM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council '�, <br /> FROM: James L. Williams, 7r., City Manager II <br /> Bruce A. McNabb, Director of Public Works'��'' _ <br /> Keith D. Alexander, Lake Manager <br /> SUBJECT: Commercial Fishing Contract <br /> After trying for the past few years, the State of Illinois has located a commercial fishing <br /> contractor who would like to work on Lake Decatur. Commercial fishing is administered by the <br /> State via a commercial fish removal contract. Only commercial fish species are harvested. These <br /> include carp, carpsuckers, drum, bowfin, gar, grass carp and buffalo. Game (or sport) fish are not <br /> harvested. State Conservation Police Officers regulate the operation by on-site inspections. <br /> mmri fihin nfi r <br /> Co e c al s g be e ts fo Lake Decatur include: <br /> ♦ Potential increase of game fish populations by removing commercial fish that compete <br /> with game fish for food and habitat. <br /> ♦ Potential reduction in the Lake's turbidity (cloudiness) by removing bottom feeding <br /> commercial fish that continuously dig up and stir lake bottom sediments. <br /> ♦ Potential decrease of human health risks by removing buffalo fish which are chemically <br /> contaminated beyond safe human consumption levels due to previously used, but now <br /> currently banned, herbicides and pesticides. <br /> City staff recommends that Council approve this resolution to a11ow commercial fishing on <br /> Lake Decatur through March 31, 1998. <br /> Attach.: 2 <br />