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Albertas Aquatic Invasive ive Species ies Progr gram am Tanya Rushcall Aquatic Invasive Species Technician Environment & Parks What are Aquatic c Invasiv ive Specie cies s (AIS)? )? Non-native; expanding in native range

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Alberta’s Aquatic Invasive ive Species ies Progr gram am

Tanya Rushcall Aquatic Invasive Species Technician Environment & Parks

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What are Aquatic c Invasiv ive Specie cies s (AIS)? )?

  • Non-native; expanding in

native range

  • Little or no natural predators
  • Pose significant risk to

economy, environment, or human health

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Sources of Initial introduction Sources of secondary spread

ADDRESS SSIN ING THE VECTORS RS

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Unaware public enemy #1:

Recreational boats!!!

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Aquarium um & p pet trade

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Fish farms, stocking & private ponds…

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Water-based based equip ipment ment

  • Monitoring
  • Fire management

equipment

  • Pump trucks
  • Construction
  • Docks & buoys
  • Fishing gear

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Cultural tural releas ases es

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  • Ceremonial releases
  • Persian New Year
  • Carp at Christmas
  • Merit releases
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Zebra & Quagga Mussels

Dreissena polymorpha Dreissena rostriformis bugensis

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In Invasive ive Mussels sels

  • Can live up to 30 days out of water
  • Filter feeders (up to 1 liter per day per

mussel)

  • Not many feasible control options
  • Free-floating microscopic larval form

(veligers)

  • Any attached mussel is an invasive

mussel (freshwater)

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Econom

  • nomic

ic Imp mpacts acts

  • Filling intake pipes, irrigation lines, dam operations
  • Clogging screens
  • Requiring new capital and maintenance costs
  • Increased costs to users
  • Crop & food production; drinking water & waste water

Alberta water-operated infrastructure is valued at $14 billion

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Estimated ted annual costs ts of an Alberta ta invasi sive ve musse sel infest statio tion

Neupane, A. An Estimate of Annual Economic Cost of Invasive Dreissenid Mussels to Alberta. ESRD. November 2013

Impact category Annual cost Power generation $5,938,487 Drinking water systems $20,839,921 Boat maintenance $390,600 Recreational fishing $21,830,892 Water management structures $8,841,373 Water diversion intakes $3,910,000 Property value $13,789,500 Non-use No quantified at this time Total annual cost estimated $75,540,773

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Before…

After…

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El Dorado, KS, Zebra Mussels 2003

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El Dorado, KS, Zebra Mussels 2006

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The Alberta rta St Story

  • Late to the game but here now!
  • Many accomplishments

in the past two years

– CMP 2012-13 prototype – Provincial program in 2014

  • Dreissenid mussels as a

“poster child”

  • Threat is moving closer:

Call to action

  • Precedent of prevention
  • We are vulnerable!
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Elemen ents ts of the Alberta ta AIS Prog

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How do we get t the message ge out? Signage & Outreach

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AIS TV ads

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MUSSEL MONITORING

2013: 55 waterbodies 2014: 73 waterbodies 2015: 66 waterbodies Future: MULTI-TAXA!

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Watercraft rcraft Inspec ections ions

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AIS S Respon

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  • 24/7 Hotline: public, other

jurisdictions, border, inspectors

1-855-336-BOAT

  • Operators triage calls & dispatch Fishery

Officer

  • Calls/reports increasing
  • Rapid response plan for Dreissenid

mussels

  • Mapping of Prussian carp & Flowering

rush

  • Address other potential vectors

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Decon contamination/Hot tamination/Hot wash h for High h Risk & Fouled led Boats

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Mussel sel-fo foule led d boat ats s (2013-15) 15)

2013: 7 mussel-fouled boats 2014: 8 mussel-fouled boats 2015: 17 mussel-fouled boats

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Response

  • nse – Reports
  • rts & Existing

ing Sp Species ies

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Fl Flowerin wering g Ru Rush

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Pruss ssia ian n Carp

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  • Creation of prohibited species list

– Aquatic invasive plants, inverts and fish – Prohibition on possession

– Mussels: DEAD OR ALIVE

  • Mandatory stopping at designated inspection

stations

– “Highways” as defined by Traffic Safety Act

  • Enhanced authority (re: vectors

& conveyances, regulations)

– Aquarium/pet industry – Addressing other vectors

  • Quarantine provisions

Fisheri heries es (Alberta) lberta) Act t Amendm ndments ents

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Author horit ity of Fisher ery Officer icers

  • Ministerial Order: Mandatory watercraft

inspections

  • Authority to:

– Enforce mandatory inspections of watercraft – Ordering a decontamination or quarantine – Detention/seizure of AIS or conveyance

  • Origin, dirty, etc.

– Soliciting information from subject

  • Risk of conveyance
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Author horit ity of Waterc rcraft ft Inspectors pectors

  • Limited authority to:

– INSPECT – SOLICIT INFORMATION ABOUT WATERCRAFT – TAKE SAMPLES OF SUSPECT SPECIES/WATER – CLEAN OR HOT WATER WASH

  • Assist an Fishery Officer or Guardian if

requested

  • Appointment required
  • All other measures require a call to the hotline

and a Fishery Officer present

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  • Prohibition on importation, transportation and

possession: Quagga & zebra mussels, Asian carp

– Assistance at US/CA border

  • Control of AIS: ESRD Minister listed as a delegated

authority – Deposit of deleterious substances for control – Angling as control

Federal Fisheries Act AIS Regulations

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Moving Forward

  • Increase compliance & enforcement
  • Dedicated & sustainable funding
  • Multi-taxa focus
  • Engagement, training opportunities
  • Partnerships
  • GOLDFISH &

PRUSSIAN CARP!?!

– Strategy in development

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1-855 855-336 336-BOA OAT

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