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 APPENDIX II. AGENCY DEFINITIONS OF STOCK CATEGORIES 



Italics : highlight key features of a definition, some of which differ among 



agencies. 

 [ ]: explanatory notes that are not part of the agency definition. 



HATCHERY STOCKS 



FWS-2 



Domestic Broodstock - population of fish (held and fed in a hatchery for 



more than two generations) that provides gametes for hatchery rearing 



programs. 



IDFG-1 



Hatchery Fish - fish produced in hatcheries or other artificial facilities 

 such as hatching and rearing channels or hatching boxes. [Criterion for 

 parental history not stated.] 



ODFW-1 



Hatchery Fish - a fish spawned and/or reared under artificial conditions 



regardless of the history of the parent stock. 



WILD STOCKS 



FWS-2 



Wild Broodstock - population of fish in the wild that provide gametes for 

 hatchery rearing programs {includes those populations established by 

 stocking, anadromous stocks, and fish held and fed in the hatchery for less 

 than two generations). 



IDFG-1 



Wild Fish - a stock of fish, maintaining a population through natural 

 production with no hatchery supplementation [in any past generations, 

 Steve Yundt, personal communication], often the indigenous stock. 

 ["Indigenous" is not defined.] 



