WSPC05212

• File Number: 8240.200.10.H
• Description: Colorado River Threatened-Endangered - UCRBRIP - Program Organization-Mission - Stocking
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 7/20/1995
• Author: DOI-FWS
• Title: Procedures for Stocking Non-Native Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin - Report with Evaluations and Schedule of Activities - 07-20-95
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Background

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Appendix A Family, Scientific Names, and Common Names of Fishes
Ment i oned in these Procedures . . . . . 15

General Intent of the Procedures.

Principles Related to the Procedures

Routine Stocking of Nonnative Fishes that Already Occur
and are Managed in the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Stocking of Nonnative Fishes that Presently Occur but are
not Managed in the Upper Colorado River Basin . . . . .

Stocking of Nonnative Fishes that Do Not Presently Occur
in the Upper Colorado River Basin. . . . . . . . .

Locations or Situations where Stocking of Nonnative,
Warmwater Fish Species would be Unacceptable

Exceptions to the Procedures

Steps in the Review of Stocking Proposals
Annual Reporting. . .

Modification of these Procedures.

References

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Appendix B Explanation and Rationale for Use of Fish Species Listed
in Table I and for Terms or Acronyms Used in these
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Appendix C

Appendix D

American Fisheries Society Policy Statement on
"Introduction of Aquatic Species"

Location by Section, Range, and Township
6,520-foot Elevation on the Colorado and
and Their Tributaries . . . . . . . . .

for the
Green Rivers

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