7875

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7875
• Author: Burdick, B. D., R. S. Wydoski and C. W. McAda.
• Title: Stocking Plan For Razorback Sucker In The Upper Colorado And Gunnison Rivers.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION 1
II. BACKGROUND 1
III. RELATIONSHIP TO RECOVERY PROGRAM 3
IV. STOCKING PLAN 3
A. Goals 4
B. Objectives 4
C. Risk Assessment 4
D. Methods and Approach for Field Study 5
1. Time Frame 5
2. Assumptions Used to Develop the Stocking Plan 5
3. Source of Fish 6
4. Size and Number of Fish to Stock 7
5. Location of Release 7
6. Time of Release 9
7. Physical and Behavioral Conditioning of Fish 10
8. Monitoring of Stocked Fish 10
V. REFERENCES 11
LIST OF TABLES
Table Page
1. Projected number of fish by size group needed to
evaluate the relation between survival of razorback
sucker by size at release into the Gunnison and Colorado
rivers, FY-96 through FY-2000. 8
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