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Originally Posted by jimboragleyfire
Quality over quantity
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There is a fine line in regard to that. If your limits are too conservative, thereby leaving too many individuals in the population, they can out eat themselves, therefore reducing quality.
Its a simple concept. You have X number of prey. If your predator population increases beyond the carrying capacity of the habitat, the health of that population will decline.
You have to take a certain number out, and by doing so, you leave less individuals to feed on that same prey population.
Yes, at some point you can do more harm than good, but I don't think the 25 trout limit was harming anything. That is evident by the studies that have been done.