Specimen ID | 26211 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Esox |
Species | lucius |
Common Name | Northern Pike |
State | AK |
County | Kenai Peninsula |
Locality | Mackeys Lake, near Soldotna Creek, a Kenai River trib |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Kenai Peninsula |
HUC8 Number | 19020302 |
HUC10 Name | Lower Kenai River |
HUC10 Number | 1902030218 |
HUC12 Name | Soldotna Creek |
HUC12 Number | 190203021803 |
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Collection Year | 1972 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked illegally |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1927 |
Author: | Little, J. |
Date: | 2000 |
Title: | State to poison perch. |
Publisher: | Anchorage Daily News |
Issue: | June 8 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 32223 |
Author: | Western Regional Panel Members |
Date: | 2018 |
Title: | Member Update Reports for the Western Regional Panel Meeting |
Publisher: | Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel |
Pages: | 52 |
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Comments | early 1970s; population has spread to Soldotna Creek then to the Kenai River and upstream to the Moose River ---------------
Pike were established until the "pike suppression program" of 2014-2018 under the Alaska Department of Fish and Game resulted in the eradication of northern pike from the Kenai Peninsula, effective year 2018. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | state |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |