Native Fish Sanctuary Project: Sanctuary development phase, 2007 Annual Report

Product Type: Open-file Report

Year: 2008

Author(s): Mueller, G.A

Pages: 59

Suggested Citation: Mueller, G.A. 2008. Native Fish Sanctuary Project: Sanctuary development phase, 2007 Annual Report: U.S Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1126. 59 p.

Abstract

Notable progress was made in 2007 toward the development of native fish facilities in the Lower Colorado River Basin. More than a dozen facilities are, or soon will be, online to benefit native fish. When this study began in 2005 no self-supporting communities of either bonytail or razorback sucker existed. Razorback suckers were removed from Rock Tank in 1997 and the communities at High Levee Pond had been compromised by largemouth bass in 2004. This project reversed that trend with the establishment of the Davis Cove native fish community in 2005. Bonytail and razorback sucker successfully produced young in Davis Cove in 2006. Bonytail successfully produced young in Parker Dam Pond in 2007, representing the first successful sanctuary established solely for bonytail...