Final Restoration Plan
Title 34 CVPIA
- anadromous fish
- artificial production
- artificial propagation
- Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture
- Central Valley Project
- Central Valley Project service area
- Central Valley Project water
- full cost
- Fund
- Natural Production
- project
- Reclamation laws
- Refuge Water Supply Report
- repayment contract
- Restoration Fund
- Secretary
- water service contract
Definitions
Adulthood -
Section 3403(h) includes the phrase "...fish produced to adulthood..." as part of the definition of natural production. Adulthood is not defined within Title 34. Adulthood is generally defined as the state, condition or quality of being fully developed and mature. Applying this definition to fish is complicated by the fact that most fish continue to grow throughout life (i.e., cessation of growth can't be used to indicate full development) and may become sexually mature several times during their lifetime (i.e., although developed gonads can be used to indicate maturity, lack of developed gonads cannot be used to indicate immaturity). Because the presence or absence of external characters can't always be used to identify adult fish, and because sexual maturity (i.e., developed gonads) is a transitory state, fishery managers often use size or age criteria to indicate maturity.
An adult fish will be defined as one that is capable of reproduction. Ability to reproduce should be based on some external characteristic, such as size. Because Title 34 requires that production be compared between baseline and goal periods, the same criteria for determination of adulthood will be applied to both periods.
Source: Final Restoration Plan [ A-3 ]
An adult fish will be defined as one that is capable of reproduction. Ability to reproduce should be based on some external characteristic, such as size. Because Title 34 requires that production be compared between baseline and goal periods, the same criteria for determination of adulthood will be applied to both periods.
Source: Final Restoration Plan [ A-3 ]