Impact ID |
Scientific Name
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Impact Type
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Study Type
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Study Location
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Impact Description
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Geographic Location
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Reference
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3722
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Osmerus mordax
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Commerce
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
Rainbow smelt introductions have severely impacted native Brook trout fisheries and has led to the serious decline of Lake whitefish in many northern Maine lakes.
|
United States, Maine
|
13692
|
6645
|
Osmerus mordax
|
Commerce
|
Anecdotal
|
N/A
|
From 2010 to 2018, over 63 million pounds of rainbow smelt worth $14.6 million CAD was commercially harvested from Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, primarily by the Canadian based Great Lakes Food Company Ltd.
|
Great Lakes, USA
|
34463
|