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2) Whirling Disease Policy (D-9, approved by the Wildlife Commission - May 1996): this policy describes constraints in the use
<br />and stocking of fish that have tested positive for, or exposed to the whirling disease parasite, and the strategy to reduce the spread
<br />of whirling disease through the designation of protected habitats in which no stocking of WD+ or WD-exposed fish is permitted,
<br />and the designation of "restricted habitats" in which lightly-infected fish may be stocked. All waters within the Yampa River basin
<br />have been designated as protected (A), restricted (B), or unrestricted (C).
<br />3) Nonnative Fish Stocking Procedures: this multi-state, multi-agency agreement defines the proposal process and limitations for
<br />stocking nonsalmonid, nonnative fishes within critical habitat of the four federally endangered fishes of the Colorado River Basin.
<br />The procedures define restrictions concerning species that may be stocked and types of waters according to their location within the
<br />10-year, 10-50-year, and 50-100-year floodplain zones. Prohibited fish species, use of largemouth bass-bluegill-black crappie in
<br />isolated ponds, and case-by-case criteria are provided.
<br />4) DOW Regulations:
<br />Chapter 1 (Fishing) and Chapter 10 (Nongame): Within the Yampa River Basin, these regulations prohibit the taking of
<br />bonytail, Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, razorback sucker, and boreal toad due to their status as nongame, endangered species
<br />(Chapter 1, #103; Chapter 10, #1000, 1002, 1004); and restrictions on the take of most amphibian, reptile, and mollusk species due
<br />to their nongame status (Chapter 10, #1000, 1004). Restrictions on the take, possession and use of baitfish include prohibitions on
<br />the use of seining, netting, trapping, and dipping of fish statewide in all natural streams and springs; and the possession or harvest
<br />of Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, bonytail, razorback sucker, bluehead sucker, flannelmouth sucker, mountain sucker, and
<br />roundtail chub for private or commercial use. The bag and possession limits on introduced, warmwater gamefish species, including
<br />channel catfish, largemouth bass, smalhnouth bass, northern pike, walleye, green sunfish, bluegill, bullhead, yellow perch, and
<br />crappie, were removed on the Colorado River from Rifle downstream, the Green River, on the Gunnison River from the
<br />Uncompahgre River confluence downstream, the White River from the Piceance Creek confluence downstream (including Kenney
<br />Reservoir), and the Yampa River from Craig downstream. Effective January 1, 1998, the daily bag limit and possession for all trout,
<br />splake, and salmon (except kokanee) west of the Continental Divide is 2 fish in streams and rivers and 4 fish in lakes and ponds west
<br />of the Continental Divide. An additional 33 trout streams west of the Continental Divide may be designated catch-and-release/fly
<br />and lure fishing only.
<br />5) DNR-DOI Memorandum of Agreement on Conserving Declining Species: This MOA directs the cooperation and collaboration
<br />of state agencies within the Department of Natural Resources and federal agencies within the Department of Interior for the purpose
<br />of focusing multi-agency and private sector management efforts to conserve declining wildlife species in Colorado and prevent the
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