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General Information About Aquatic Introductions in the U.S.
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Number of foreign fish species introduced into each country
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"Temporal Trend of Fish Introductions..."
  • Temporal Trend of Fish Introductions Nationwide
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"Origins of Introduced Fishes"
  • Origins of Introduced Fishes
  • Nationwide
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"Origins of Foreign Species"
  • Origins of Foreign Species
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Origin of Introduced Fishes
by State
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Pathways
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Comparison of Fish Introduction Pathways
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Pathways of Introduction
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Bait Releases
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Bait Releases
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Food Importation
and Releases
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Snakeheads
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Spatial Patterns in the
United States
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Coastal Introductions
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"Ballast Water Releases"
  • Ballast Water Releases
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Shipping as a Pathway
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Diseases Carried in Ballast
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Marine Introductions on the
East and Gulf Coasts
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Japanese shore crab
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
  • Native to western North Pacific
  • First found at Cape May, NJ - 1988
  • Now - Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay
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Veined Rapa Whelk
Rapana veinosa
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Marine Introductions on the
West Coast
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Chinese Mitten Crab
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Asian Gobies in California
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Introductions in the
Western U.S.
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Salton Sea
  • More than 30 marine fish species were stocked in Salton Sea in 1950-1955
  • Most were unsuccessful


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Introductions in the
Northeastern U.S.
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Rockbass
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Black crappie
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Coho salmon
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Rainbow/Steelhead trout
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Introductions in the
Great Lakes
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White perch
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Introductions in the
U.S. Interior Regions
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Asian Carps
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Cisco
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Rainbow smelt
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Introductions in the
Southeastern U.S.
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