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<br />OO1l553 <br /> <br />3.0 WILDLIFE RELA rED RECREATION <br /> <br />Recreational fishing is a traditional and legitimate use of Colorado's fishery resources. <br />Waters in Colorado will be managed to continue to provide a diversity of angling <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />Sportfish management in the future will require close attention to meshing the needs of <br />anglers with the capability of aquatic habitats to support sportfish populations. The <br />challenge before the Division is to integrate the need for managed \,Vaters to . provide for a <br />diversity of recreational fishing opportunity in aquatic systems complicated by non-sport <br />aquatic species management, decreased coldwater fish production, whirling disease, <br />diminished aquatic habitats and vocal interest groups. <br /> <br />3.1 Coldwater Recreational Fishery Manaaement <br /> <br />3.1.1 Waters managed for coldwater fishing recreation will take advantage of the <br />natural productivity of waters and be managed as wild, non-stocked fisheries <br />wherever possible. <br /> <br />3.1.2 The Division will give preference to the use of native cutthroat trout sub- <br />species for management purposes. Non-native trout and char species will be <br />utilized in other waters not suitable for native trout. <br /> <br />3.1.3 The Division will promote the protection and enhancement of aquatic and <br />terrestrial habitats that perpetuate wild trout populations through cooperation <br />with appropriate land management agencies. <br /> <br />3.1.4 The Division will seek mitigation for the loss of wild trout waters as a result of <br />human impacts. <br /> <br />3.1.5 The Division will use special angling regulations as needed to protect and <br />perpetuate wild trout populations where angling is allowed. <br /> <br />3.1.6 Wild trout waters shall be managed with a specific set of guidelines that serve <br />to maintain these populations in their wild state. Wild Trout waters will not be <br />stocked except to restore or establish populations, including recovery and <br />restoration after natural calamity if natural recovery is unlikely. If restocking <br />is necessary, the genetic integrity of the wild stocks will not be compromised <br />through use of fry and fingerlings from wild brood stocks where basin of origin <br />is considered. <br /> <br />10 <br />