| Specimen ID | 26213 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Esox |
| Species | lucius |
| Common Name | Northern Pike |
| State | AK |
| Locality | Soldotna Creek, a Kenai River trib |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Upper Kenai Peninsula |
| HUC8 Number | 19020302 |
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| Collection Year | 1980 |
| 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 | population has spread from Mackey Lake then to the Kenai River and upstream to the Moose River; date is approximate.
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Pike were established until the "pike suppression program" of 2014-2018 under the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, which resulted in the eradication of northern pike from the Kenai Peninsula, effective year 2018. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
