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Trout Ad Hoc Group (TAHG) At the August 2015 Adaptive Management Work Group (AMWG) meeting the recreational fishing representatives from the International Federation of FlyFishers, Trout Unlimited, and Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership presented the Lees Ferry Recreational Trout Fishery Management Recommendations (Recommendations). Their report provided 15 recommendations for stakeholders to consider. During the meeting, AMWG passed a motion by consensus requesting: The Secretary’s Designee direct Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) to conduct a technical review of the Lees Ferry Recreational Trout Fishery Management Recommendation and report its findings to the TWG, and directs the Technical Work Group (TWG) to evaluate the GCMRC review at their October 2015 meeting, and report its findings to AMWG at its February 2016 meeting. GCMRC provided an initial technical review on six of the Recommendations which were presented to TWG during the October 20-21, 2015 meeting. During the TWG meeting stakeholders asked GCMRC to provide points of clarification on their review of the Recommendations and to provide additional feedback on the remaining nine recommendations. Additionally TWG developed a Trout Ad Hoc Grout (TAHG) to evaluate the GCMRC technical review and provide recommendations to the TWG. Latest Motion Latest Charge The TAHG will evaluate the GCMRC technical review of the Lees Ferry Recreational Trout Fishery Management Recommendations per the AMWG motion on 8/27/2015, and make a recommendation to the TWG at our January 2016 meeting. The TWG will consider the recommendation and make findings to the AMWG at its February 2016 meeting.

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Group Members Chair: Chris Budwig Seth Shanahan, Brian Healy, Mark Anderson, Joe Miller, Craig Ellsworth, Jessica Neuwerth, Paul Harms, Kurt Dongoske, Kerry Christensen, John Jordan, Vineetha Kartha Recommendations The TAHG recommends that the TWG recommend that the AMWG accept the GCMRC technical review of the Lees Ferry Trout Fishery Management Recommendations based on the TAHG evaluating the GCMRC technical review of the Recommendations and finding the review to be comprehensive and the review to be supportive, neutral or noncommittal on the individual recommendations with two exceptions. One exception being the Minimum Flow recommendation with agreement that research should continue to evaluate the effects of lower flows and to develop scientifically based minimum flows. The other exception being Stocking In the Event of a Catastrophic Failure and the impact on the dependent economic community be included in the determination for stocking and with the understanding that stocking is substantially determined by the provisions of the Park Service Comprehensive Fishery Management Plan and the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Fisheries Management Plan Colorado River – Lees Ferry (2015-2025). In addition the TWG requests that the AMWG, with the acceptance of the Lees Ferry Recommendations, instruct the TWG to consider the requirements for any implementation of the Recommendations including additional research that should be included in the work plan. Assignments

Links The Lees Ferry Rainbow Trout Fishery Page Documents and Information AZGFD: Managing for Blue Ribbon Rainbow Trout at Lee's Ferry GCDAMP: Lees Ferry Recreational Trout Fishery Management Recommendations State of Arizona Lees Ferry Fish Management Plan National Park Service Comprehensive Fisheries Management Plan Papers and Presentations Trout Ad Hoc Group Report GCMRC review of the Lees Ferry Anglers Trout Fishery Recommendations Meeting Notes Final TAHG Report to TWG Other Stuff