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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Awareness and Implementation of Fish Control Programs . . . . . . . . . 1 <br />Stability of Fish Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 <br />Competition - Relative Abundance of Fish - Flaming Gorge Res. . . . . . 3 <br />Competition - Food Availability and Utilization - Flaming Gorge . . . . 4 <br />Definition - Undesirable Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 <br />Criteria to Determine if Fish are Undesirable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 <br />Basic Design Considerations for a Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . 7 <br />State Considerations for a Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 <br />Families of Fish Targeted for Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 <br />Basic Methods of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 <br />MECHANICAL FISH CONTROL <br />Species Managed by Mechanical Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 <br />Methods Used to Control Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 <br />Passive Fishing Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 <br />Active Fishing Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 <br />El ectrofi shi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 <br />Example: Netting (Gill Nets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 <br />Example: Seining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 <br />Example: Removal of Surplus Largemouth Bass . . . . . . . . . . 18 <br />Example: Fyke Nets (Crappie and Bullheads) . . . . . . . . . . 19 <br />Example: Competition by Suckers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 <br />Example: Water Level Management - Coolwater Species . . . . . . 26 <br />Example: Effects of Aquatic Plant Control . . . . . . . . . . . 27 <br />Example: Trapping Bluegills in Ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 <br />Example: Fish Barrier Dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 <br />Example: Angling vs Electrofishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30