9694

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9694
• Author: Hawkins, J., C. Walford, and A. Hill
• Title: Smallmouth bass control in the middle Yampa River, 2003-2007.
• USFW Year: 2009
• USFW - Doc Type: Contribution 154 Larval Fish Laboratory, Colorado State University.
• Copyright Material: NO

· Maintain fish community sampling at study sites to monitor changes in species
composition.
· Increase number of removal occasions by starting earlier in the year.
· Provide field crews with technical assistance in testing and maintaining
electrofishing equipment to insure that it operates at maximum potential.
· Increase angler education to encourage anglers not to remove tags and to
explain the benefits that tagged fish provide for reservoir management.
· Study the biology and ecology of smallmouth bass in the Yampa River and
examine why there are differences between Little Yampa Canyon and Lily Park.

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