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e th e There was also discussion on chairman selection and how Council could continually be in contact and apprised of progress and activities. There was some discussion about inclusion of fish culturists and the role of fish culture stations, as well as the tremendous job of identifying the pathological status and effects on free ranging populations. The group came to the consensus that culture situations are very important in addition to natural situations; however, that a major portion of the activities must be with free ranging populations. The FWS has identified free ranging populations as the future objective in their own fish health program and FWS pathologists have been very interested about moving into that arena. I Arizona moved that the Council accept the report of the fish disease group and that: (1) the Council formally form a fish disease committee; (2) that a fish health administrator be named as Council liaison--to meet in all meetings with the committee and continually keep the Council abreast of the discussions and findings of the committee through written minutes or other communication with the Council's secretary; and (3) that the FWS be made a voting member of the committee and that the committee chairman be elected from the membership of the committee. The motion was seconded by Colorado. Based on discussion by the group, the motion was amended to, in addition: (4) provide for the committee as an ad-hoc committee for the term of three years and then, based on the scoping and degree of need and direction of the committee, this issue would be revisited (1999); and (5) that the State Departments of Agriculture from those states in which the Agriculture Department has some regulatory authority on fish health and in the other states that so desired, be invited to sit on the committee in ad-hoc status. The motion passed unanimously. The Council agreed, upon the invitation of Eddy Kochman (CO), to appoint Larry Harris as the council liaison, requesting him to act to set up an organizational meeting as soon as possible and as many meetings as were required to meet the objectives and assignments of the Council. Eddy Kochman invited the meeting and future meetings of the committee to be held in Colorado. Larry Harris would provide the necessary services as host. STATUS OF THE COLORADO RIVER CUTTHROAT TROUT CONSERVATION PROGRAM The report on Colorado River Cutthroat Conservation Plan was given by Mr. Tom Nesler (CO). He directed his remarks around the report, which had previously been mailed to Council members, of the plan and agreement of the three state participants (Appendix "F"). The states are involved in over 300 separate populations of Colorado cutthroat which 16 ,