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2	General Information About Aquatic Introductions in the U.S.
3	Number of foreign fish species introduced into each country
4	"Temporal Trend of Fish Introductions..." Temporal Trend of Fish Introductions Nationwide
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6	"Origins of Introduced Fishes" Origins of Introduced Fishes Nationwide
7	"Origins of Foreign Species" Origins of Foreign Species
8	Origin of Introduced Fishes by State
9	Pathways
10	Comparison of Fish Introduction Pathways
11	Pathways of Introduction
12	Bait Releases
13	Bait Releases
14	Food Importation and Releases
15	Snakeheads
16	Spatial Patterns in the United States
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19	Coastal Introductions
20	"Ballast Water Releases" Ballast Water Releases
21	Ecological Roulette About two million gallons of ballast water from foreign ports is released in US coastal waters every hour. Scientists estimate that as many as 3,000 alien species are transported in ballast every day. One study found 367 species in a single ship’s ballast water.
22	Shipping as a Pathway
23	Diseases Carried in Ballast
24	Marine Introductions on the East and Gulf Coasts
25	Japanese shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus Native to western North Pacific First found at Cape May, NJ - 1988 Now - Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay
26	Veined Rapa Whelk Rapana veinosa
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28	Marine Introductions on the West Coast
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31	Chinese Mitten Crab
32	Asian Gobies in California
33	Introductions in the Western U.S.
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36	Salton Sea More than 30 marine fish species were stocked in Salton Sea in 1950-1955 Most were unsuccessful
37	Introductions in the Northeastern U.S.
38	Rockbass
39	Black crappie
40	Coho salmon
41	Rainbow/Steelhead trout
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43	Introductions in the Great Lakes
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47	White perch
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53	Introductions in the U.S. Interior Regions
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55	Asian Carps
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57	Cisco
58	Rainbow smelt
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60	Introductions in the Southeastern U.S.
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69	The End
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