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Originally Posted by Reggoh
I didn't realize that there was so much full time flow between the lake and the marsh through the fish slots and lower gates being opened on moon cycles. If you are only concerned with access to the marsh and the boat bay is closed, you would say the weirs are closed all the time... when in essence the shrimp, fish, and crabs can travel back and forth in the provided slots.
Is water flow being restricted? Sure... but to say the weirs are totally choking off the lake of bait is just not true.
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Good point. Boat travel back and forth is not essential to the health of the fishery. High levels of exchange of shrimp, fish, and crabs are essential.