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<br />· Adult bonytails stocked into floodplain habitats in 2003 reproduced. These <br />stocking efforts directly increase endangered fish abundance and also help <br />determine the habitat requIrements of the species. <br /> <br />m. Nonnative Fishes and Sportfishing <br /> <br />Goal: Minimize the impacts of nonnative fishes and incidental take associated with sport <br />fishing on the endangered fishes. <br /> <br />Status: <br /> <br />· Effective management of riverine populations of problematic nonnative fishes <br />is a high priority of the Recovery Program and one of the most challenging <br />recovery elements. <br /> <br />As a result ofthe February 2002 workshop on nonnative fish management, <br />nonnative fish control activities were expanded in FYO~ and followed a <br />treatment/control approach. An associated I&E effort included press releases, <br />public meetings, and meetings with resource advisory groups. <br /> <br />Results of the FY03 nonnative fish management projects were reviewed at a <br />December 2003 workshop and appropriate revisions have been made to the <br />scopes of work for FY04 (including increased effort, placing emphasis on the <br />Yampa River, shifting from treatment/control approach to depletion analysis, <br />and shifting emphasis from channel catfish to smallmouth bass). Tagging of <br />northern pike upstream of the Hayden Bridge will help determine downstream <br />movements into critical habitat and guide decisions to expand control efforts. <br />Evaluation of response of the native fish community to nonnative fish <br />management activities will begin in FY04. I&E efforts will continue. <br /> <br />· Data since 2001 strongly indicate that efforts to manage northern pike in the <br />middle Green River in Utah are having a depletive effect (i.e., 248 removed in <br />2001, 42 in 2002, and 22 in 2003). <br /> <br />· On February 4, 2004, the Recovery Program adopted a nonnative fish <br />management policy that addresses the process of identifying and implementmg <br />nonnative fish management actions needed to recover the endangered fishes. <br />The policy ensures that a more consistent message is included in strategic <br />communication efforts intended to gain agency and public understanding and <br />support for these necessary actions. <br /> <br />IV. Propagation Activities <br /> <br />Goal: · Produce a sufficient supply of hatchery-reared fish to support research and <br />recovery activities. <br />· Conserve the genetic diversity present in the wild. <br /> <br />7 <br />