Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting

Colorado River Fisheries Management Meeting

Planning for fish bearing waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead

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

Meeting ProcessIntroductory Presentations

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Grand Canyon National Park Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Game and Fish

Stakeholder PresentationsFacilitated Discussion

Pizza Lunch

Fisheries Management Planning

Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach

Highly valued recreational trout fishery minimal emigration downstream

Healthy, self-sustaining native fish communitiesnative fish habitat, and the important ecological role of native fishes . . . to the extent possible

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

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

Fish Communities in the Lees Ferry Reach