Hi,
The Provincial Roundtable Meeting is done. Todd Zemmerling CEO of the ACA laid out the options.
1) do nothing and plan on stocking larger fish in 2016 plus get all the lakes ready for aeration.
2) do about 4 to determine the best alternative.
3) do 8 with bubbler systems c/w a covering over the open hole plus an exclusion fence.
The meeting was divided. What is clear, the ACA aerates 16 lakes or ponds. At best only 1/2 will get done this winter.
Although there is some concern that bubblers won't do the job, I pointed out that a lot of the systems not run by the ACA use bubblers of some type. Some systems were just a CDN Tire compressor and a bubble stone.
The ACA board will call the shot on what is going to be done.
And here is the other issues! The Fish & Game clubs run a pile of systems, the Alberta Govt. also runs systems (Police Outpost for example), several NGO's plus some municipalities also run systems. What are they going to do?
The issue doesn't stop at aerated ponds. Hot water discharges into river, sewage outflows, dam outflows and even the Canadian Ice Breakers all create open water.
Looks like the only solution is to change the law or have society spend millions dealing with fences etc.
As soon as the ACA informs us or posts to their web site, we will all know what is next for them. The other aeration users may not know of the issue.
Regards,
Don
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