Chiselmouth (Acrocheilus alutaceus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 17
Appendix 1: Freshwater Fishes SSC Information on Chiselmouth Eradications from B.C. Lakes.
| New Watershed code | Waterbody identifier |
Alias 1 |
NAD83 UTM Zone |
NAD83 UTM Easting |
NAD83 UTM Northing |
Primary Map |
Gaset- ted Name |
Date Treated |
Cur- rent Status |
Area of Lake |
Area of Marsh |
Area of Stream |
Bar- rier Cons- truc- ted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160-024400 | 00001QUES | * | 10 | 536234 | 5880378 | 093G01 | Ten mile lake |
9-Sep-58 | * | 397.4 | * | * | Yes |
| 310 | 01597OKAN | * | 11 | 316584 | 5457141 | 8.20E+05 | Galla- cher Lake |
2-Aug-56 | * | 6.2 | * | * | No |
| Comments | Complete Kill Acchieved | Domestic Supply | Domestic Water | Name | Active Ingredient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | * | * | * | Chiselmouth Chub | Toxaphene |
| * | * | * | * | Chiselmouth Chub | Toxaphene |
*List with associated data facilitated by Stan Orchard, edited by Alex E. Peden.
Data from computer data base of Data Management Unit, Fisheries Planning and Informations Branch, British ColumbiaMinistry of Fishes. Other lakes may have been poisoned and eradicated chizelmouths, with field crew focussed on economic species, thus chizelmouths could have been missed amongst other poisoned cyprinid minnow species.
Additional references :
Stringer, G. E. 1975ms. History of lake rehabilitation in Thompson-Okanagan Region from 1947 to 1975. Unpublished manuscript. B.C. Fish and Wildlife Branch, Kamloops, BC
Tredger, D. 1978. The use of rotenone as a fisheries management tool in British Columbia. Unpublished manuscript. Fish Habitat. Improvement. Section, BC Fish and Wildlife Branch, Victoria, B.C. March 20, 1978.
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