7728

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7728
• Author: Stone, R. C. and F. Eiserman.
• Title: Background of Flaming Gorge Reservoir Fisheries Investigations.
• USFW Year: 1979.
• USFW - Doc Type: Publication # 78-9,
• Copyright Material: YES

appear to contribute as an important forage species to brown or rainbow
populations, The position of this species in relation to the sport fishery is not
clearly understood as it is available as a food item to the salmonids during most
of its life history but rarely appears in the stomachs ofthe major predators, Carp
and flannel-mouth suckers have not achieved importance to date as competitors
for space or food to the present salmonid fisheries,

The uniqueness ofthe three reservoir areas, inflow, open water and canyon, has
been demonstrated in the size of fish observed in the creel. Generally, fish taken
in the inflow area are bigger than in the open-water section, and fish in the
open-water section are generally bigger and in better condition than those taken
in the canyon section, This has been observed without exception in the eight
years fish populations have been under surveillance,

Although the preceding material is not displayed as a uniform complete view of
the processes operating in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, this information cannot be
dismissed as an exercise in data collection. State and federal agencies have
united their efforts in these studies, and as a result more than peripheral
reservoir and river management has developed. A concept of single reservoir
fisheries management has been rejected, and management procedures have
been developed on a composite of all findings, In addition, the fisheries
management of the river upstream and downstream is being developed as part
of a total plan which included biological and hydrological functions of the
two-reservoir system. Granted, we have a long way to go in the interpretation of
our data into a coherent unifying concept. However, with this investigational
thrust we have demonstrated that our agencies can work together and can
develop findings to a specific desired endpoint.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many individuals have made worthwhile contributions to this project. Because
ofthe extended length oftime over which the work was conducted, many of the
contributors whose efforts in design, implementation and evaluation were most
significant have not been the individuals who produced the manuscripts. Those
individuals who have made significant contributions in the design, field work,
and administrative guidance and who because of promotion or other transfers
have not appeared as major authors are Mr, Roderick Stone, Mr. Albert
Regenthal and Mr. Donald Andriano from the Utah Division of Wildlife
Resources, and Mr. Donald Dexter, Mr, Fred Eiserman and Mr, Robert Jackson
from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. They developed the initial
concepts for preimpoundment studies and post-impoundment management and
were instrumental in the design and implementation of considerable field work
and evaluation during the 1960's. Mr, John Livesay and Mr, Joseph White
served on the project during the mid-years of this period, Members of the
Wyoming Game and Fish Department who had made othe contributions were
Mr, Cliff Bosley, Assistant Fish Chief, who served in the field during the initial
states of the project, and Mr, Galen Boyer who served as adminstrative biologist.
Numerous individuals participated in field activities and acted as project
leaders or fishery biologist including Ron Kent, Pete Hayden, John Kiefling,
Bryce Nielson, Craig Cooper and Wayne Fornstrom,

Appreciation goes to U,S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel Robert Scott,
Robert Azevedo, Phil Summers and Jim Mullan. Gratitude is also expressed to
the many other members of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the
Wyoming Game and Fish Department who helped at various times.

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