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Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting

Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting. Planning for fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead. F isheries Management Planning . Fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead Colorado River Tributaries C omprehensive fisheries management

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Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting

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  1. Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting Planning for fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead

  2. Fisheries Management Planning • Fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead • Colorado River • Tributaries • Comprehensive fisheries management • Healthy recreational trout fishery in the Lees Ferry Reach • Thriving native fish community within Grand Canyon National Park • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - coming • Scoping, Alternatives, Analysis, Public Review • Section 106/ESA consultation • Meeting Purpose – Information exchange to understand stakeholder interests

  3. Fisheries Management Planning • Meeting Process • Introductory Presentations • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Grand Canyon National Park • Fish and Wildlife Service • Arizona Game and Fish • Stakeholder Presentations • Facilitated Discussion • Pizza Lunch

  4. Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach Lees Ferry Reach • Highly valued recreational trout fishery minimal emigration downstream • Healthy, self-sustaining native fish communities native fish habitat, and the important ecological role of native fishes . . . to the extent possible

  5. Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach • Colorado River • Manage trout using a wide range of tools with stakeholders • Develop meaningful metrics of trout size, weight, abundance, and life history factors with stakeholders to maximize angler satisfaction and minimize emigration • Maintain and enhance the aquatic food base in Glen Canyon • Maintain healthy, self-sustaining populations of native fish • Study and protect habitat needs, movement, and spawning locations for native fish • Determine the effects of dam operations on native and non-native fish • Prevent introduction of aquatic invasive species

  6. Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach • Paria River within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Protect water quality, water sources, and in-stream flows from degradation • Maintain native plant and animal communities • Conduct aquatic inventories • Prevent introduction of aquatic invasive species • Other Glen Canyon considerations • Where feasible, use sustainable solutions • Consider fish management activities in context with other resources and values (e.g., wilderness values, water quality, wildlife, recreation needs, threatened and endangered species) • Use the best available scientific and other information

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