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<br />" <br /> <br />season to attain the 300 mm TL, which would require a total of 30,8 acres ofleased grow-out <br />ponds (10.4 acres for second year class; 20.4 acres for third year class), The Recovery Program <br />cunently has approximately 18 acres of leased grow-out ponds throughout the Uintah Basin; an <br />additional 12-15 acres are available from private land owners (T. Modde, U.S, Fish and Wildlife <br />Service, personal communication), <br />Tagging,-All stocked fish will be PIT-tagged to better evaluate the stocking plan and its <br />various aspects (e,g" survival, growth, stocking location and lot survival evaluation), The annual <br />cost would be approximately $131,025 to PIT -tag a total of 34,940 razorback sucker, which <br />would occur in the second or third year of production for both the State of Colorado and State of <br />Utah stocking plans, <br /> <br />Table 2, Facilities needed to produce razorback sucker identified in stocking plans, based on <br />pounds per acre of grow-out ponds, and acres available, <br /> <br /> Acres on Hand <br />Facility (Stocking Plan) Number to Produce Pounds/acre Acres Needed' Hatchery Grow-out. <br /> Ponds Ponds <br />Grand Valley (Colorado) 16,440 500 18,1 (36,2) 3,5 98 <br />Ouray (Utah) - <br />hatchery ponds 9,100 1000 5,0 10.8 - <br />leased grow-out ponds 9,400 500 10.4 (20.4) - 18 <br /> <br />'Acres needed assumes fish attain 300 nun TL in the second season, If a third season is required to attain fish 300 <br />nun TL, then the additional acres are identified in parentheses. <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />The Recovery Program has sufficient facilities and associated grow-out ponds to meet the <br />demands of the revised State stocking plans, The revised State stocking plans call for the <br />production of fewer, but larger bonytail, Colorado pikeminnow, and razorback sucker than in <br />their earlier versions, This requires an additional I year for bonytail and possibly 2 years for <br />razorback sucker in culture facilities, The Recovery Program will need a minimum of 15,9 acres <br /> <br />7 <br />