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Norris Lake Fishery Advisory Committee Update - 2008
Click here to view the 2008 NLFAC presentation
What is the Norris Lake Fishery Advisory Committee (NLFAC)
- A community-based group of advisors to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission on fishery management issues for Norris Lake.
- Comprised of 5 sub-groups: Tennessee Sportsman’s Association (TSA), Tennessee Striped Bass Association (TSBA), non-affiliated anglers, county government, and businesses associated with Norris. Each sub-group has equal numbers of 4-5 members.
- The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency acts as advisors to the committee and reports annually on achieving goals set forth by the committee.
- NLFAC was founded in 1998 to resolve long-running controversies surrounding TWRA’s management of Norris Lake’s sport fisheries and striped bass stocking.
- NLFAC provides a non-political, consensus-based system for sport fish management and balanced conflict resolution between user groups.
What has NLFAC achieved
- Approved a management plan in 1999 that provided for sustaining all sport fish species in the lake.
- Provided revised striped bass stocking rates in accordance to a scientific study that determined the overstocking of striped bass may upset trophic dynamics within the sport fish community.
- Requested and revised stocking rates for walleye and crappie.
- Achieved its goals for improved angler catch rates and harvest for almost all sportfish species.
- Dramatically increased the number of larger-sized smallmouth bass in Norris Lake by raising the minimum size limit to 18-inches.
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