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4. COORDINATE AND IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY OF <br />STURGEON SPECIES. <br />4.1. ® Communicate with sturgeon researchers and "managers. <br />4.1.1. Establish a clearinghouse for collection and dissemination of <br />research and management information. <br />A central clearinghouse for collection of pallid sturgeon catch <br />records and dissemination of recovery - related information must <br />be established to maintain records on recovery activities and <br />to improve information exchange. The Service's Ecological <br />Services Office in Bismarck, North Dakota, temporarily serves <br />this function. The Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Coordinator <br />position established by Task 4.2.1. ultimately would be <br />responsible for meeting this need. The group formed under the <br />Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Agreement (MICRA) <br />can assist with information dissemination. <br />4.1.2. Communicate sturgeon recovery efforts. <br />Federal and State agencies must facilitate communication among <br />professional and managerial staffs to accelerate recovery <br />efforts. Workshops or symposia should be conducted at least <br />every 3 years to coordinate sturgeon recovery activities. <br />Also, various research and management efforts should be <br />provided to all agencies and individuals involved in day -to -day <br />work on pallid sturgeon recovery. This could be done in a <br />newsletter or similar means of information exchange. <br />4.1.3. Encourage and support publication of research, management, and <br />other recovery- related information. <br />All recovery managers and researchers are strongly encouraged <br />to publish existing "gray" literature and research findings in <br />peer - review technical publications intended for broad <br />distribution. (Financial support will be necessary to pay for <br />publishing costs.) Unpublished catch reports, bibliographies, <br />and summaries of pallid sturgeon population data have been <br />compiled over the years and should be published. An annotated <br />bibliography of sturgeon references also should be published as <br />part of this task. <br />40 <br />