7890

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7890
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Region 6, Fish and Wildlife Service Guidelines Directing Captive Propagation Of Listed And Candidate Fish.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Topic Page
List of Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i i i
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
1. Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. Philosophy and Goals for Genetics Management . . . . . . . 2
A. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
B. Philosophy and Goals for Genetic Management . . . . . . 2
C. Genetic Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
D. Genetics Conservation Principles and Assumptions . . . 4
E. Opportunities for Effective Management of Genetic
® Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
F. Production Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
III. Identification and Characterization of Listed and
Candidate Fish Stocks and Determining Their Status
and Trend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
A. Criteria for Identification and Characterization of
Fish Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
B. Procedures for Reviewing Stock Identification and
Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
C. Criteria for Determining Fish Stock Status and Trend . . 8
IV. Genetics Management of Wild Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A. Stable Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
B. Declining Stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C. Maintaining Genetic Diversity of Wild Fish in
Controlled Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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