9445

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9445
• Author: Czapla, T. E.
• Title: Facilities Plan for the Production of Endangered Fishes to Meet State Stocking Plans as Part of the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program.
• USFW Year: 2002.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this document is to identify the facilities necessary to meet the numbers of
production fish identified in the revised stocking plans for the State of Colorado and State of
Utah. Background and approach (including broodstock; rearing locations, and tagging) are
considered for bonytail, Colorado pikeminnow, and razorback sucker. The Recovery Program
has "sufficient facilities and associated grow-out ponds to meet the demands of the revised
stocking plans. The Recovery Program will need a minimum of 15.9 acres of grow-out ponds at
Mumma and 2.6 acres of hatchery ponds at Wahweap for bonytail. Currently, there are 35 acres
of grow-out ponds at Mumma and 3.2 acres of hatchery ponds at Wahweap for bonyfail
production: Colorado pikeminnow will be intensively cultured in tanks at the Grand Valley and
Mumma facilities. The production of razorback sucker to meet the numbers in the State of Utah
stocking plan require 5.0 acres of hatchery ponds and 10.4 acres of leased grow-out ponds; 10.8
acres of hatchery ponds and 18 acres of grow-out ponds are available for use by the Ouray
facility. The production of razorback sucker to meet the numbers in the State of Colorado
stocking plan require 18.1 acres of grow-out ponds; 98 acres of grow-out ponds are available for
use by the Grand Valley facility. The annual cost to PIT-tag 40,280 bonytail, 2,680 Colorado
pikeminnow, and 34,940 razorback sucker will be approximately $300,000.
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