Fisheries committee  Our salmon have recovered. We're seeing fish now that are in the 18-pound range, and I don't expect that we'll see them much bigger than that until the forage base comes back. As far as the zebra mussel is concerned, there are localized treatments to kill zebra mussels, but it'

Fisheries committee  No, they prevent themselves.

Fisheries committee  The major problem, as I see it, is that the invasive species come in on the ocean boats. They come in ballast water. They come in attached to hulls.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  That the boats be stopped and we go in to transshipping. We have the technology. We have trucks. We have rail. We have lake boats. Transship the materials and keep the ocean boats in the ocean.

Fisheries committee  That's close.

Fisheries committee  The sea lamprey, and the biggest effect was the zebra mussel and its impact on the forage fish.

Fisheries committee  The rainbow trout is a much more versatile feeder. Some of the stomach studies that have been done recently in the States show a completely different pattern of what rainbow trout feed on—from ants to spiders to anything that's available for them to eat. They don't need the volum

Fisheries committee  I don't think they have responded to the clearer water. They still look for habitat to hide in, but they're more adaptable.

Fisheries committee  Smallmouth bass seem to be doing well. They're feeding on the round goby.

Fisheries committee  There were. We don't see many now.

Fisheries committee  There are some indications. The commercial fishermen I talk to say they're out deep. We used to see them on the shorelines this time of year, and they were great eating, but we haven't seen them.

Fisheries committee  It's part of the way salmon feed. Salmon are daytime feeders and they like to feed in the “up” direction. Smelt tend to go to the bottom in the daylight hours.

Fisheries committee  I haven't heard of them consuming zebra mussels.

Fisheries committee  No, not with the commission directly. We have interaction through the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and through the OFAH. The OFAH is our greatest communicator. Being that they represent so many clubs, they have a decent voice to put forth our interests. Being of small re