Criterion TTl. Assignment of Fstbetlcs Grade 



r. stlictlcs rntlng — f^rade 



A ^ 



B 3 



C 2 



D 1 



F. 



Criterion TV. Assignment of Use (Fislilng Pressure) Crade 



Flsherinan-days/lO km f^rade 



1250 or more 4 



310 to 17A'' 3 



65 to 309 ? 



25 to bU 1 



to ?4, or unknovm 



Computation of Sport Fishery Valiio Score and Assignment of Class. 



2/ 



A. Score = Sum of (grade for each component x multiplier — ). 



B. Assignment of Class 



Sport Fishery 

 Standards Score Conditions Value Class 



1. 1 7 or more Fish production based on natural 



reproduction. Trout with abundance 



B or D (large-size) and blomass 



at least 100 kg/300 m; or paddlefish 



must be present with abundance A, B, 



C, or D. - 



and Ingress rating of 1 , 2 or 3 



and esthetics rating of A, B or C. 



and overall use of 5000 or more — 1 



2. 15 or more Ingress rating of 1, 2 or 3 2 



3. 12 or more 3 



4. 9 to 11 4 



5. to R 5 



U 

 I! 



II 

 1*1 



See explanation of esthetics ratings in Attachment. 



Multiplier for fish abundance Is 2; multiplier for other components 



(Ingress, esthetics and use) is 1. 



See fish abundance ratings in Attactimont. 



For the purpose of meeting the 5000 fisherman days (FMD) requirement, the 



stream segment may be a composite of adjoining reaches that meet all other 



conditions for class 1, provided each reach with less than 5000 FMD's is 



less than 6 km long. 



C. Assignment of Fishery Resource Value Class 



The fishery resource value class Is simply the higher class given for 

 category I or 2 .nbnve. A stream that does not sometime contain fish or for 

 which explicit fish population information is lacking is assigned class 5. 



