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If a strong homing instinct can be identified in Colorado <br />squawfish, then the possibility exists of stocking young fish at <br />suitable sites for easy recapture and then recovering numbers of <br />these fish when they reach sexual maturity. This procedure if <br />r: <br />perfected would result in considerable savings in cost of feeding <br />and rearing of squawfish broodstock, reduce the amount of effort <br />needed to capture suitable numbers of adults, and would greatly <br />increase the number of adults available for use as broodfish, <br />thus more easily maintaining a large gene pool in the population. <br />DURATION <br />The duration of the proposed project is 5 years. Tasks will <br />be accomplished as follows: <br />Task <br />Year <br />1 2 3 4 5 <br />EEG technique development x <br />Acuity EEG tests on presently <br />held fish x x <br />Acuity behavioral studies, <br />EKG studies x x x <br />EEG studies on captive adults <br />with hatchery water; on wild <br />adults if available x x <br />imprinting fry x <br />EEG on imprinted fish x x x x <br />STAFF AND FACILITIES <br />A Research Associate at the Post-Doctorate level will be <br />hired to oversee the project, and a staff of two Graduate <br />Students, a part-time fish culturist, and a part time secretary. <br />Overall administration of the project will be the responsibility <br />of the staff of the Utah Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. The <br />project will be conducted at Utah State Univesity where the Unit <br />r.