Brine shrimp harvester update

December 6, 2011

Dear Brine Shrimp Harvester

A sampling run on the south arm of Great Salt Lake was conducted on December 6, 2011. The enumeration and analysis have been completed. All presented values are per liter of lake water.

• Cysts: 69.13
• Nauplii: 1.76
• Juveniles: 0.20
• Males: 0.08
• Total females: 0.08
• Females: 0.03
• Females with eggs/naups: 0.01
• Females with cysts: 0.04

Thank you for your support of our work at The Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program.

John Luft
Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program Manager

NOTE:A data entry error occurred for the December 10, 2011 South Arm Beach harvest totals. The corrected cumulative harvest poundage totals through harvest day December 12, 2011 are:

Harvest date	Cumulative     lake	Cumulative     shore	Cumulative     pounds	Cumulative     harvest
Dec. 9, 2011	8,383,152	4,828,550	96,600	13,308,302
Dec. 10, 2011	8,529,378	4,847,060	105,600	13,482,038
Dec. 11, 2011	8,754,178	4,864,670	112,000	13,730,848
Dec. 12, 2011	9,010,481	4,882,190	112,000	14,004,671