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' Glen Canyon Dam Technical Work Group Page 13 <br />DRAFT Minutes of March 16 -17, 2009, Meeting <br />' the two budget approaches and respond back to AMWG at their August meeting with an initial review" is <br />required. <br />Dennis said he thought that was a mischaracterization of the reason for the rolling budget. He said the <br />BAHG talked about the source of trout and if GCMRC is correct and if those trout are coming out of Lees <br />Ferry, that really creates a problem for the program in its goal to manage native fish below the Paria River <br />and trout downstream. He advocated that if there's not solid consideration for identifying whether the trout <br />are emigrating out of Lees Ferry as part of the trout work that's being proposed here, that it be added to the <br />budget. He feels it's an emergency situation. He feels it's becoming a bigger potential problem for the <br />program. <br />Shane said he thought there would be pit tagging of the trout this year at Lees Ferry and that they might see <br />those pit tags showing up in the mechanical removal program. Andy said they been floy tagging every trout <br />they've come into contact with and that's downstream of Lees Ferry. Upstream of Lees Ferry they've been <br />pit tagging trout in certain sites but then in the other sites they're also giving a floy tag to adult trout as well. <br />He said almost every trout they've handled has been marked in some way. In response to a question from <br />Dennis about the size ranges, Andy said their tagging efforts are geared towards adult fish. Basically, the <br />smallest fish that gets a tag is about 150 milimeters so 6 inches. Dennis said it sounded like only part of the <br />population is getting tagged which might be the most vulnerable so he advocated tagging the smaller size <br />classes to the extent that they're encountered. Bill Persons said a full study plan would be needed before <br />they could start something like that. Dennis said that since they're going to recommend a budget to the <br />AMWG in June, that might be an appropriate time to bring up the issue. <br />Shane said he would put together a list tonight of the concerns raised today and the TWG could go through <br />them in detail tomorrow. <br />Adjourned: 5:15 p.m. <br />t <br />