Introductions Summary

Main Ref.:	Chotkowski, M. and J.E. Marsden 1995
To	Lake St. Claire, Michigan
FAO area	America, North - Inland waters
From:	Eastern Europe
FAO area	Mediterranean and Black Sea
Year
Range	1985 - 1986
Period	1975-1999
Established in the wild	established, natural reproduction
Established in aquaculture	-
Significant ecological interactions	some - adverse
Significant socio-economic effects	probably some -
Introduced by:
Reason	accidental with ships
Other reason
Comments	Introduced in the mid-1980s (Ref. 36771). Reported to have been introduced in 1990 (Ref. 12204). Poses a threat to continued successful lake trout reproduction (Ref. 12390). Have competed for space and food of commercial stocks (Ref. 36771). It is illegal in Illinois and Indiana and most other Great Lake states to possess live gobies. Gobies (caught or leftover bait) are disposed in trash or on land far away from the water body (Ref. 40933). Also Ref. 13364. Ref: Chotkowski, M. and J.E. Marsden, 1995




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