7810

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7810
• Author: Stempel, M. and R. S. Wydoski.
• Title: Draft Environmental Assessment, Guidelines For Disposition Of Captive-Reared Endangered Fish.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

numbers of fish that are available, size and/or age, specific stock,
breeding strategy used, etc.
At a minimum, all captive-reared endangered fish in Program propagation
facilities will be summarized in an Annual Propagation Operation Plan.
In this annual plan, all fish that are no longer needed for specific
Program purposes will be identified as surplus to Program requirements.
Disposition of such fish will be done by priority:
1. Captive-reared endangered fish will be used to meet Program needs
for genetic refugia, broodstock development, approved Program
laboratory/field experiments, and planned augmentation or
restoration stocking.
2. Provide fish for other research studies that were not identified in
annual Program Statements-of-Work or in Table 1 of the Annual
Propagation Operation Plan.
3. Provide fish to agencies in the Lower Colorado River Basin for use
in research and augmentation or restoration stocking.
4. Provide fish for information and education programs as well as
public display.
5. Maintain fish for possible future use if space is available and the
cost is not prohibitive.
NOTE: Documentation of Priorities 1 through 5 will be made before
the disposition described in Priorities 6 and 7 are pursued.
The Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
will seek review and input from the Management Committee on
any action involving the disposition of captive-reared
endangered fish. The Regional Director is responsible for
actions related to endangered species is this Region and must
approve Priority 6 and 7 actions.
6. Provide specimens for reference fish collections in museums,
colleges, or universities.
7. Fish not identified in Items 1 through 6 will be euthanized
following the accepted protocol of the fisheries profession.
C. Euthanasia Protocol. Euthanasia of excess fish will follow
recommendations in the "Guidelines for Use of Fishes in Field Research"
that were developed jointly by the American Fisheries Society, American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the American Institute
of Fisheries Research Biologists.
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