4211

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4211
• Author: Ulmer, L.
• Title: Management Plan for the Razorback Sucker ‎(
• USFW Year: 1985.
• Copyright Material: NO

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The pLrilous status of r aroa~bac}; ~;~~I~.;ke~;r, Kos ~~utlinLd a:n this
Management }?lan and nurn;~rous otPler~ docur~lients, r~ictatc:s that
irnrnc~iiate ~~nd ~?os.itive efFort"s be initiat,~<~ to prevent its
extirpation in the lower Colorado ~.iver. Prilrlary justifications
. For such efgorts. inclF.Ide: 1) tl<e legal r.esporlsibility of
California D~partlnent of Fis11 and Carne t;Clll'G) to protect and
perpetuate all species of fish znd caildlife within the 1'ub_lic
Trust (California Endar~lg~red Species Act of 1984; dish and Came
Code Section 1700); 2) the species' unique body form, physiology
and J.ife history requirements of interest to the scientific
community, with yet--undetermined application to other fields; 3)
the intrinsic value of the razorb:~ck su4:ker_ as a Inonotypic genus;
r ~; 4) the. species' potential as :~n ilriportarlt forage f.is11; and 5) the
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contribution razorbac}; sucker may provide tocaard diversity in the
]_o~,~er Colorado River sport fishery.
©BJE~ClIV1,5 OF Ta~E MANAC~F~~;1"~d`L' PL.AN
This h~ranar~emF:nt flan defir.^s and p. ovides guidclirles for
m.ar1~l,~ernenl: of r~.zorback sr~FCker l.n Ca1~.f:~rnia ovc r a 10-year neraod
fr_~m °~9f3~ thror.:gl:l_~~J, The speci.~~s will be sto~.ked during this
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