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12A Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Indian Valley Record
Water s00ports enthusiast ask00ed for help
The Lake Almanor com-
munity, Plumas County and
the California Department of
Fish and Game (DFG) urges
boaters and water enthusi-
asts to prevent the spread of
invasive mussels in Califor-
nia waters during the com-
ing months.
Everyone who visits a lake
or reservoir should take
care to clean, drain and dry
their boats, watercraft or
any other equipment that
comes in contact with the
water, both before arrival
and upon departure.
!'The law prohibits the
possession and transporta-
tion of quagga or zebra mus-
sels, whether on a boat or on
any other item like a rock,
bucket or log," said Nancy
Foley, DFG chief of law
enforcement. "It's crucial for boaters and water enthu-
that anyone who uses public siasts. They spread from one
waters take the time to make
sure they're not adding to
the spread of these mussels.
Just one boat can contami-
nate an entire freshwater
body and destroy fisheries."
body of water to another by
"hitchhiking" on boats and
other equipment.
To help prevent the spread
of mussels, boaters should
inspect all exposed surfaces,
Quagga and zebra mussels wash boat hulls thoroughly,
are non-native, fast-repro- remove all plants from boat
ducing invasive species that and trailer, drain all water,
can cause severe problems including lower outboard
units, clean and dry
livewells and bait buckets
and dispose of baitfish in the
trash.
Watercraft should be dried
for at least five days and up
to 30 days depending upon
the weather between launch-
es in different fresh bodies
of water.
These measures are criti-
cal to the state's efforts to
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safeguard boats and pre-
serve high quality fisheries.
Travelers are also advised
to contact their destination
before they lave home in
order to see what restric-
tions or inspection require-
ments are in place. Boaters
and water goers entering or
returning to California
should be prepared for in-
spection s at state Depart-
ment of Food and Agricul-
ture border protection sta-
tions.
For areas where quagga
has been found or is most
threatening, inspections
may also be conducted bYi
DFG and the Department of!
Parks and Recreation. In- i
spectors will check boats:
and other watercraft, and
any items that might be onil
board. Contaminated vessels
and equipment will be con-:
fiscated and quarantined.
Quagga mussels were firsti
detected in the Colorado Riv-
er system in January 2007
and were later found in San
Diego and Riverside coun-
ties by state and local water!
agencies. Zebra mussels::
were discovered in San Jus-i
to Reservoir in San Benito
County in January 2008.
Both mollusks can attach to::
and damage almost any sub-
merged surface.
They can:
--Ruin a boat engine by
blocking the cooling system!
and causing overheating. :
--Increase drag on the bot-:
tom of a boat, reducing:
speed and wasting fuel.
• --Jam steering equipment i
on boats.
--Require scraping and re- i
painting of boat bottoms. :
--Colonize all underwater"-."
substrates such as boat:."
ramps, docks, lines and oth-ii
er underwater surfaces, re-ii
quiring constant cleaning. ::
Mussels attached to water-i-
craft or trailers can be trans-ii
ported and spread to other-
water bodies.
Water in boat engines,
bilges, livewells and buckets
can carry tiny mussel larvae
(called veligers) to other wa-
ter bodies as well.
A public toll-free hotline
has been established for.
boaters and anyone involved
with acti'ities on lakes and
rivers seeking information
on the invasive and destruc-
tive quagga mussels: (866)
440-9530.
For more information on
the quagga/zebra mussel re-
sponse and what you can do
to help prevent their spread
in California, visit
dfg.ca.gov/invasives/quagga
mussel.
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