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

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Box 7. Guidelines for preparation of a stocking plan for release of
captive-reared listed and candidate fish.
1. Define objectives for stocking fish and relationship to restoration
and recovery plans.
2. Identify alternative management options that could achieve the same
objectives and discuss why stocking was selected over these options.
3. Provide justification of stock selected for the stocking effort
(i.e., broodstock developed from a wild stock inhabiting the river
reach to be stocked or nearest neighbor).
4. Provide criteria (e.g., geographic distribution and abundance,
identified spawning sites, migrations, known movement and interchange
between stocks, and data from genetic surveys) used for identification
and characterization of the captive fish stock to be used in the
effort.
5. Describe status and trend of target fish stock including
biological, demographic, and environmental data for that specific
stock.
6. Describe breeding strategy used to maintain genetic diversity in
the captive-reared fish.
7. Describe stocking location including the available habitat for
each life stage of the fish species.
8. Provide rationale for size of fish to be stocked and mark or
tag used to identify stocked fish if recaptured.
9. Provide rationale for numbers of fish to be stocked.
10. Describe timing of stocking, including frequency if repeated
stocking is planned.
11. Discuss likelihood of success, as well as genetic risks to the
target stock and risks to other endemic fish species in the
ecosystem.
12. Describe methods for systematic monitoring, evaluation, and reporting
of the stocking effort.
E. Broodstocks.
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