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<br />VALUE OF FISH LOSS <br />The Anl€rrCan Fisheries Society r a national fishery professional group publishes a reference dOCUOlent (Investigations and <br />tvfonetary Values of Fish and Freshwater Mussel Kills - Spec;al Pubbcation 30) that provides values for various sizes of <br />sport fish based on hatchery production costs and willingness to pay by anglers_ Values taken fronl this publication have <br />been applied to the estimated fish loss that 11l8y have been realized INhen v....ater surface levels dropped tG 800 acres in <br />2006 (calculated above) for each species, Frofll Ule table belolN it is calculated that the value of the 184.000 pounds of <br />fish estinlated to be lost between 2001 and 2006 was over $1.5 Illillion_ <br /> <br />SPECIES <br />Channel Catfish <br />Sau geyelW all eye <br />Wipers <br />Crappie:~ <br />White Bass*~ <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />ESTIMATED WEIGHT LOST (Gain) <br />37.000 <br />73,000 <br />84,000 <br />1 r900 <br />11 ,900 (Gain) <br />184,000 <br /> <br />VALUE/LB ($/LB) <br />$'"1.29 <br />7.86 <br />11.32 <br />5-10 <br />2.50 <br /> <br />VALUE ($) <br />$ 471730 <br />573,780 <br />950,880 <br />9,690 <br />- 29.750 <br />$11552,330 <br /> <br />*Crappie are not sampled efficiently with giflnets so tile figur-es are lower than actual <br />.".~. Number of vvhit€ bass actually increased in 2006 and therefore reflects an increase in weighLlvalue to corllputations. <br /> <br />REBUILDING COSTS <br />To rebuild the fishery at John fvlartin (from lake levels that 'vve saw in 2006)1 we will stock the following spl3:cies yearly: <br /> <br />SPECIES <br />Blue Catfish <br />Black Crappie <br />Channel Catfish <br />Snlallnlouth Bass <br />Largenlouth Bass <br />Saugeye or Walleye <br />Wiper <br />Total <br /> <br />NUMBER <br />75,000 <br />100,000 <br />75,000 <br />30,000 <br />500,000 <br />6,000,000 <br />800.000 <br />7,580,000 <br /> <br />SIZE <br />3~' <br />111 <br />3" <br />311 <br />fry <br />fry <br />fry <br /> <br />COST <br />$8 ~300 <br />$12,000 <br />$19,000 <br />$40,700 <br />$57,000 <br />$25,350 <br />$4.000 <br />$1647350 <br /> <br />Although Illost of the fish stocked into the reservoir to rebuild lhefishery are planted as srnall fish, growth is rapjdin John <br />Martin and adult fish will result. Nonetheless, there is a lag period of 1 Y? - 2 yrs. between initial stocking to restoring the <br />fishery to one dominated by keeper-sized fish most attractive to anglers. <br /> <br />Jirll Ranlsay ~ Area Fishery Biologist Lanlar <br />Doug Krieger - Senior Fisher'y Biologist, Colorado Springs <br />Decenlber 17,2007 <br />