Introductions Summary

Main Ref:	Chotkowski, M. and J.E. Marsden 1995
To:	Lake St. Claire, Michigan
FAO area:	America, North - Inland waters
From:	Eastern Europe
FAO area:	Mediterranean and Black Sea
Year:
Range:	1985 - 1986
Period:	1975-1999
Established in the wild:	established, natural reproduction
Established in aquaculture:	-
Significant ecological interactions:	some - adverse
Significant socio-economic effects:	probably some -
Introduced by:
Reason:	accidental with ships
Other reason:
Comments:	Introduced in the mid-1980s (Ref. 36771). Reported to have been introduced in 1990 (Ref. 12204). Poses a threat to continued successful lake trout reproduction (Ref. 12390). Have competed for space and food of commercial stocks (Ref. 36771). It is illegal in Illinois and Indiana and most other Great Lake states to possess live gobies. Gobies (caught or leftover bait) are disposed in trash or on land far away from the water body (Ref. 40933). Also Ref. 13364. Ref: Chotkowski, M. and J.E. Marsden, 1995




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