Idaho Fish & Game Director Issues Conservation Closure for Sturgeon Fishing on Portion of CJ Strike Reservoir - bigcountrynewsconnection.com

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Updated: August 25, 2022 @ 6:38 am
Map displaying the extent of the conservation closure for sturgeon fishing in a portion of the Snake River arm of CJ Strike Reservoir, ordered by the Director on August 26, 2022.

BOISE - On Wednesday, Idaho Fish and Game Director Ed Schriever signed a conservation closure order for sturgeon fishing on a portion of CJ Strike Reservoir. The closure order, which is effective from August 26 - September 25, is for the portion of the Snake River arm between Canyon Creek and Rattlesnake Creek.
Schriever cited abnormally low dissolved oxygen levels and high-water temperatures as the reason for the order. The purpose is to minimize additional stress and mortality while these environmental conditions in the reservoir exist.
In recent weeks, the Idaho Fish and Game has reportedly verified about 20 reports of dead sturgeon found within the closure area, ranging in size between 5 and 9 feet. While these 20 fish constitute just a sliver of the total sturgeon population between CJ Strike Dam and Bliss Dam, the mortality event is unprecedented for sturgeon at CJ Strike.
Fisheries managers cannot say definitively whether angling effort, combined with the environmental conditions, directly contributed to the mortalities they have documented so far at CJ Strike. That is something that warrants — and will receive — further study going forward. 
“With the current water conditions in this segment of the reservoir, the sturgeon here are already teetering on the edge of what is survivable,” said Art Butts, Regional Fisheries Manager. “Fighting one of these fish could potentially be the thing that tips them over that edge, and it is one potential stressor we can control.”
At the current population level, the 20 sturgeon mortalities Fish and Game has documented in recent weeks is not a major concern, according to regional fisheries biologists. 
Idaho Fish and Game will be posting signs at access points on the Snake River arm of CJ Strike Reservoir to notify anglers of the closure.
A map displaying the extent of the closure can be found below. 
Map displaying the extent of the conservation closure for sturgeon fishing in a portion of the Snake River arm of CJ Strike Reservoir, ordered by the Director on August 26, 2022.
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