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<br />FISH AND WILDLIFE
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<br />Fishing continues to be one of the out-
<br />standing uses of the GASP reservoir
<br />system. It has remained especially good
<br />at Blue Mesa and Navajo Reservoirs.
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<br />Several smaller GASP reservoirs also
<br />becoming popular fishing sites include
<br />Crawford, Lemon, and Alfie Gap in
<br />Colorado; Heron in New Mexico; Joes
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<br />FISHERY STATISTICS
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<br /> 11111 Illllt 1910 1'71 1112
<br />FLAMING GORGE
<br />ReservOir'
<br />Fish Planted 2.300,000 2,935,000 3,417.000 1,6&4,000 4.425,000
<br />Fish Cllught 641.300 622.800 367.300 400.000 647,000
<br />River Below Dam'
<br />Fish Caught 62,400 21.300 43,400 22.420 50.400
<br />GLEN CANYON
<br />ReservOir;
<br />Fish Planted 200,000 251,000 -0' 780.000 -0-
<br />Fish Caughl 91,300 91,300 66,700 132.000 462,400
<br />River Below Dam:
<br />FISh Caught 9,400 9,400 8,100 4,700 5.200
<br />NAVAJO
<br />ReserVOir;
<br />Fish Plan/ed 1,906.000 1,128,000 1,052.000 733.000 954.000
<br />Fish Cau9ht 645.000 313,300 373,300 577.000 500.000
<br />RIver Below Dam:
<br />Fish Caught 86.000 79.000 86.200 9,006 47.600
<br />CURECANTI
<br />ReservOlrl'
<br />Filh Planted 2,000.000 3,733.000 2.087,000 1,184.000 1.626.900
<br />Fish Caught 258.000 165.000 320.000 348.000 271,400
<br />TOTAL
<br />ReservOIrs:
<br />FIsh Planted 6.406,000 8.047,000 6,556,000 4,561,000 7.005.900
<br />Fish Caught 1.635.600 1,192,400 1.127,300 1.457,000 1.886,800
<br />Rivers below Dams
<br />FIsh Caughl 157.800 109,700 137.700 36.126 103,200
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<br />Valley, Huntington North, and Stelnaker
<br />in Utah; and Fontenelle in Wyoming
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<br />Releases 01 clear cold water from the
<br />reservoirs have established stream
<br />fishing below Flaming Gorge, Glen
<br />Canyon, and NavajO Dams In recent
<br />years. however, increasmgly cold
<br />waler released from Flaming Gorge
<br />Dam has impaired the growth and
<br />spawning 01 fish in the Green River
<br />Atthe Engineering and Research Cen-
<br />ter 01 the BUreau of Reclamation, tech-
<br />nicians have been studying ways to
<br />increase the tallwater temperature and
<br />are encouraged by the results of the
<br />studies and a model simulation.
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<br />An extenSive fish-stocking program has
<br />been carried on cooperatively by the
<br />Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
<br />and the several state fish and game
<br />departments to meet the stream and
<br />reservoir management needs within
<br />the Upper Colorado River Basin. These
<br />needs have recently been increased by
<br />the additIon of new waters such as
<br />Silver Jack Reservoir in Colorado; Bot-
<br />lie Hollow, Starvation, and the enlarged
<br />Strawberry ReservOirs in Utah; and
<br />Meeks Cabin Reservoir In Wyoming
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<br />The two national fish hatcheries devel.
<br />oped with Colorado River Storage
<br />Project Act lunds have played impor.
<br />tant roles In the jOint State-Federal
<br />approach to meeting fish-slacking re-
<br />quirements.
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<br />1, Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery
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