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UCREFRP Catalog Number
9483
Author
Mitchell, M. J.
Title
Impact of the Procedures for Stocking Nonnative Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin on Private Landowners and the Commercial Aquaculture Industry.
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Longmont.
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<br />rehabilitate overabundant fish species such as carp, livestock management programs <br />undertaken to improve water quality and riparian corridors will not be as important, other <br />erosion control programs that assist landowners in maintenance of fish habitat will appear <br />to lose benefits to the landowner, construction of new lakes and ponds will not be <br />motivated by establishment of warm water sportfishing, and in stream and lake fish.habitat <br />improvement programs will not represent the benefits that typically reinforce motivation. <br /> <br />. Implementation of all aspects of these procedures require assurances that outlet <br />configuration, floodplain location/elevation, and other technical criteria must be met. It is <br />unclear when stocking fish under Table 1 criteria whose assurance will be required or <br />accepted, how it will be obtained, and who will fund such a process. <br /> <br />. The procedures mandate identification of vertical location or elevation of a potential fish <br />planting site in the floodplain of designated critical habitat without identifying a procedure <br />or process. <br /> <br />. Elimination of biological pest control agents such as triploid grass carp and mosquitofish <br />will require greater application of pesticides to affect the same level of pest control. The <br />procedures encourage greater ecological risk of pesticide application, increased monetary <br />investment in pest control, and greater requirements for labor in pest control. <br /> <br />. The complexity of the procedures are generally beyond the expertise or interest of private <br />landowners. Additional services (at additional cost) will be required by landowners to <br />obtain understanding and compliance. <br /> <br />. Private landowner actions that trigger proposal review require a time constraint (120-210 <br />days) for review that is untenable under most expectations of those private landowners <br />engaged in normal commerce. The review process formatted by the procedures will serve <br />to eliminate some fishery management alternatives otherwise available to landowners by <br />providing review process completion outside the normal availability of live fish products in <br />that calender year and outside the biologically accepted "window of opportunity" for <br />stocking species of fish in the upper basin of the Colorado River.. <br /> <br />. The procedures as proposed require landowners to detennine whether their proposed <br />activities require federal action and therefore require a section 7 consultation under the <br />authority of the Endangered Species Act. This will not occur given the level of <br />understanding the public has of the Endangered Species Act and its specific requirements. <br />This lack of understanding may cause a failure to comply with the procedures.. <br /> <br />5 <br />
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