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State of the Lake Superior in 2017: Aquatic nuisance
Citation:
Myers, J., M. Seider, M. Brouder, A. Trebitz, AND J. Hoffman. State of the Lake Superior in 2017: Aquatic nuisance. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2021.
Impact/Purpose:
Under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, there is a bi-national commitment to establish a Great Lakes-wide early detection surveillance program of aquatic nuisance species. Developing this program has been a long-term partnership of USEPA and USFWS. Here, we report the findings of this surveillance program for Lake Superior from 2011-2016, including recent findings of Banded Mystery Snail and White Perch, and an expansion of the range of dreissenid mussels.
Description:
The fish-community objective is to prevent the introduction of any non-indigenous aquatic species that is not currently established in Lake Superior, prevent or delay the spread of non-indigenous aquatic species, where feasible, and eliminate or reduce populations of nonindigenous nuisance species, where feasible. Complete prevention of new species introductions, along with containment and reduction of non-native nuisance species that are already present, is a challenging but appropriate goal for Lake Superior. To evaluate the effectiveness of the current regulatory framework for aquatic nuisance species, federal, state, provincial, and tribal natural resource agencies worked together to implement early detection and monitoring programs at eight locations.
