How much does this suck.

[Walleye Express]

I didn't no if you guys seen this about the little manistee Weir, where they collect 100% of SteelHead eggs and 80% of Samlon eggs.

Fish Weir Theft

A Theft At A Fish Breading Site Could Impact Sport Fishing In Michigan

By Rob Preston

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007 at 6:25 p.m.

The D-N-R is supposed to start collecting fish eggs in about a week and then use them to spawn sport fish. If they aren't able to do that it could be disastrous. When employees at the Little Manistee River Weir came to work they noticed something had been stolen. "Thieves removed approximately 33 to 40 of the boards, that they use to control water flow into the intake pens at the weir facility" says state trooper Wesley Smith. The Little Manistee Weir facility stops fish from going further up the Little Manistee River so scientists can collect their eggs. The eggs are then taken to a hatchery where they are fertilized and then become fish. These fish are then stocked in numerous states including Michigan. The fish egg removal process was supposed to start in a week but without aluminum bars, there isn't any egg collecting.

Michigan State Trooper Wesley Smith says, "we believe it's probably going to be just for the scrap metal. The gates are made of aluminum and aluminum prices are real high right now." According to the D-N-R not being able to collect fish eggs would hurt the sport fishing industry. "Because of the magnitude of the theft and the impact it has on sport fishermen and the whole basically economy in general we are asking for people with any information to go ahead and contact the Michigan state police manistee post." says trooper Smith. Fortunately the D-N-R is not sitting around waiting for those bars to be found. They say they are doing their best to replace the 7-thousand dollars worth of aluminum as quickly as possible so they can collect fish eggs.

[Adam Bomb]

I saw that too, its just sickening!...nothing worse than a thief.

[shu9265]

I hope they catch those responsible, and Prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.

[Priority1]

These same bastards will take the siding off homes while the owners are on vacation. The court system fails society most of the time. The people responsible for these destructive acts, get slaps on the wrist. It's a dirty shame.

[GLF]

Earlier this year, there were man hole covers coming up missing from the roads. How would you like to be driving down the road and drive into one of those?

[EdB]

It really sucks! Hope they catch them.

[Walleye Express]

I e-maild Mark Tonello and asked him about this.

"Mark, Any Truth to this?"

This is his response:

"Well, kind of. They did not steal the weir grates or weir dam boards.

The grates and weir dam boards are in place and no fish are going

upstream. That's the good news. The bad new is that they did steal the

aluminum dam boards we use for the concrete ponds. Without them, we

cannot fill the ponds. So we're in the process of having more boards

made so we can turn the pumps on soon."

This was taken from another site.

[JWheeler]

I can't stand thiefs!!!!!! This somehow will adversely affect a lot of people who care a lot about their fishery, pouy!!!!!!!!!