Aquatic invasive species publications

Outreach material

• Identification Booklet of Freshwater Invasive Species in Quebec
• Identification Booklet of marine species in Eastern Canada (PDF 12.65 MB)

• A Canadian Action Plan to Address the Threat of Aquatic Invasive Species
• STOP Be Aware (Brochure)
• Socio-Economic Impact of the Presence of Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Basin
• Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues to Protect Our Great Lakes Fishery

Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS)

• Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) publications
• National Detailed-Level Risk Assessment Guidelines: Assessing the Biological Risk of Aquatic Invasive Species in Canada (CSAS ResDocs - 2011/092)

Species risk assessments

• Round goby (CSAS resdocs - 2007/038)
• Didemnum (CSAS resdocs - 2007/056)
• European Green Crab (CSAS resdocs - 2007/077)
• Spiny Water Flea (CSAS resdocs - 2007/059)
• Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides (CSAS resdocs - 2007/007)
• Risk Assessment for Two Solitary and Three Colonial Tunicates in Both Atlantic and Pacific Canadian Waters (CSAS resdocs - 2007/063)
• Application of QBRAT for a Risk Assessment of the Invasive Tunicate Didemnum sp. in British Columbia (CSAS resdocs - 2007/056)
• Science advice from a risk assessment of five sessile tunicate species (CSAS SAR - 2012/049)
• Risk Assessment of Bythotrephes longimanus establishment in Muskoka Lakes: an Assessment of QBRAT, the Quantitative Biological Risk Assessment Tool (CSAS resdocs - 2007/059)
• Risk Assessment of the Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala) in Canada (CSAS resdocs - 2009/107)
• Science advice from the risk assessment of the invasive bloody red shrimp (Hemimysis anomala) in Canada (CSAS SAR - 2009/078)
• Risk assessment for New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in Canada (CSAS ResDocs - 2010/108)
• Science advice from the risk assessment of New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in Canada (CSAS SAR - 2010/065)
• Risk Assessment for European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Canadian Waters (CSAS resdocs - 2008/042)
• Risk Assessment for Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in Canadian Waters (CSAS resdocs - 2008/041)
• Risk Assessment for Three Dreissenid Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, and Mytilopsis leucophaeata) in Canadian Freshwater Ecosystems (CSAS resdocs - 2012/174)
• Science advice from the risk assessment of three dreissenid mussels (Dreissena polymorpha, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, and Mytilopsis leucophaeata) in Canadian freshwater ecosystems (CSAS SAR - 2012/082)
• Risk Assessment for Asian Carps in Canada (CSAS resdocs - 2004/103)
• Binational Ecological Risk Assessment of Bigheaded Carps (Hypophthalmichthys spp.) for the Great Lakes Basin (CSAS ResDocs - 2011/114)
• Comparative distribution and invasion risk of snakehead (Channidae) and Asian carp (Cyprinidae) species in North America [PDF]
• Risk Assessment for Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) in Canada (CSAS resdocs - 2005/075)
• Trinational Risk Assessment Guidelines for Aquatic Alien Invasive Species [PDF]
• Biological Risk Assessment for Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) and Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) in British Columbia (CSAS resdocs - 2008/075)
• Science Advice from a Risk Assessment of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in British Columbia (CSAS SAR - 2010/085)
• Science Advice from a Risk Assessment of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) in British Columbia (CSAS SAR - 2010/082)
• Biological Risk Assessment for Northern Pike (Esox lucius), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), and Walleye (Sander vitreus) in British Columbia (CSAS resdocs - 2008/074)
• Biological Risk Assessment for Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in British Columbia (CSAS resdocs - 2008/073)
• Science Advice from a Risk Assessment of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in British Columbia (CSAS SAR - 2010/081)
• Risk assessment of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) to Lake Simcoe, Ontario: A Quantitative Biological Risk Assessment Tool (QBRAT) case study (CSAS resdocs - 2007/038)

Pathway risk assessments

• Risk Assessment for ship-mediated introductions of aquatic nonindigenous species to the Canadian Arctic (CSAS ResDocs - 2011/105)
• Science advice from the risk assessment for ship-mediated introductions of aquatic nonindigenous species to the Canadian Arctic (CSAS SAR - 2011/067)
• Risk Assessment for ship-mediated introductions of aquatic nonindigenous species to the Great Lakes and freshwater St. Lawrence River (CSAS ResDocs - 2011/104)
• Science advice from the risk assessment for ship-mediated introductions of aquatic nonindigenous species to the Great Lakes and freshwater St. Lawrence River (CSAS SAR - 2011/066)
• Summary of a Survey of Baitfish Users in Canada [PDF]
• Least-cost transportation networks predict spatial interaction of invasion vectors. Ecological Applications, 20(8), 2010, pp. 2286-2299 [PDF]
• Live Organisms used in the Classroom as a Potential Vector of Species Introductions in British Columbia [PDF]
• Summary of a Survey of Water Garden Owners in Canada [PDF]
• Summary of a Survey of Aquarium Owners in Canada [PDF]

Biological synopsis

• Biological Synopsis of the Invasive Tunicate Styela clava (Herdman 1881) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Solitary Tunicate Ciona intestinalis [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the colonial tunicates, Botryllus schlosseri and Botrylloides violaceus [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Invasive Tunicate Didemnum sp. [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Compound Sea Squirt (Diplosoma listerianum) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the European Sea Squirt (Ascidiella aspersa) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Light-Bulb Tunicate (Clavelina lepadiformis) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Japanese Skeleton Shrimp [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Asian Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of the Lacy Crust Bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Dark Falsemussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) [PDF]
• Updated (2006–early 2011) Biological Synopsis of Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and Silver Carp (H. molitrix) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) [PDF]
• A Biological Synopsis of Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) [PDF]
• A Biological Synopsis of Walleye (Sander vitreus) [PDF]
• A Biological Synopsis of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Garra rufa [PDF]
• Biological Synopsis of Tench (Tinca tinca) [PDF]

Additional resources

• Proceedings of the CSAS Peer-review of the Risk Assessment for Ship-Mediated Introductions of Aquatic Nonindigenous Species to the Great Lakes and the Canadian Arctic; March 1-2, 2011 (CSAS Pro - 2011/056)
• Proceedings of the National Peer Review of the Risk Assessments of two solitary and three colonial Invasive Tunicates in both Atlantic and Pacific Canadian Waters; March 13-14, 2007 (CSAS pro - 2009/045)
• Proceedings of the CSAS Peer-review of the Risk Assessment for New Zealand Mud Snail in Canadian Waters; 24-25 March, 2010 (CSAS pro - 2010/023)
• Quantitative Biological Risk Assessment Tool (QBRAT) [Zip]
• Potential distribution map of Asian Carps [PDF]
• Proceedings of the National Workshop on Six Invasive Fishes Risk Assessment in British Columbia; 4-6 March, 2008 (CSAS pro - 2009/040)
• A Review of Yellow Perch (Perca Flavascens), Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu), Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis Gibbosus), Walleye (Sander Vitreus) and Northern Pike (Esox Lucius) Distributions in British Columbia [PDF]

Reports

• Scoping the distribution of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in the Miramichi River Watershed in 2019 and 2020 using environmental DNA
• 2019 Spring Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the Parliament of Canada: Report 1 – Aquatic Invasive Species
• 2008 March Status Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
• A Canadian Action Plan to Address the Threat of Aquatic Invasive Species
• Invasive alien species strategy (Canada.ca)
• Aichi Biodiversity Targets (UN English only) [PDF]
• National Workshop on the Evaluation of a Quantitative Biological Risk Assessment Tool (QBRAT) Through Various Case Studies [PDF]

Education and information

• Coffin Box in Newfoundland and Labrador Waters
• European Green Crab Distribution in Newfoundland Waters
• Golden Star Tunicate in Newfoundland and Labrador Waters
• Oyster Thief in Newfoundland and Labrador Waters
• Vase Tunicate in Newfoundland and Labrador Waters
• Violet Tunicate in Newfoundland and Labrador Waters

News releases

• Fairbanks Declaration 2017 - On the Occasion of the Tenth Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council
• Minister of Foreign Affairs to participate in Arctic Council meeting
• Arctic Invasive Alien Species
• Changes in Arctic marine biodiversity indicate environment on verge of major shift