Fish & Aquatic Invertebrates Assessment Summary Table

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Species	Common Name	P¹	R²	W³	NR⁴	ii⁵	SAG Final Recommended Classification	SAG comments (bold is recommended, italics are comments from DNR staff)⁶	Council Recommendation 10-17-07
¹ number of prohibited votes, ² number of restricted votes, ³ number of caution votes, ⁴ number of non-restricted votes, ⁵ number of insufficient information, ⁶ part of the recommendation, the non-bold text comment from the group
FISH & AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
SAG members: Myron Kebus- DATCP, John Lyons- DNR/SS, Jake Vanderzanden- UW, Center for Limnology, Dave Gollon- aquaculture industry, Dave Robinson- bait industry, Kevin Kohen- aquarium industry, Jim Brakken- Conservation Congress, Bill Mattes- GLIFWC, Phil Moy- Sea Grant, Pam Thiel- USFWS, Mark Maricque- commercial fishing. Meeting date: 8-27-07. Facilitator: Bob Korth. Participants: John Lyons, Tim Gollon (representing Dave Gollon), Dan Hilger (representing Dave Robinson), Kevin Kohen, Jim Brakken, Phil Moy, Mark Maricque, Ron Martin (DNR), Bill Horns (DNR).
Hemimysis anomala	bloody shrimp	7					PROHIBITED	The aquatic invertebrates were considered as a block for inclusion in the prohibited category. The decision was unanimous to include all the aquatic invertebrates in the prohibited category with the exception of rusty crayfish, Evaluation forms were not filled out for the individual species that were included in the prohibited category.	PROHIBITED
Dreissena polymorpha	zebra mussel	7					RESTRICTED	The SAG members included zebra mussels in the prohibited category with the rest of the aquatic invertebrates. In subsequent discussions of DNR staff with the Division Administrators, the decision was made to put this species in the restricted category because it is already widespread in over 100 Wisconsin waters.	RESTRICTED
Dreissena rostriformis bugensis	quagga mussel	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Cipangopaludina chinensis	Chinese mystery snail	7					RESTRICTED	The Chinese mystery snail was changed from prohibited to restricted after the Council meeting since it is already widely distributed in Wisconsin waters.	PROHIBITED
								The Japanese mystery snail was deleted since it is the same species as the Chinese mystery snail.	PROHIBITED
Bythotrephes cederstroemi	spiny water flea	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Cercopagus pengoi	Fishhook water flea	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Corbicula flaminea	Asian clam	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Eriocheir sinensis	Chinese mitten crab	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Potamopyrgus antipodarum	New Zealand mud snail	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Daphnia lumholtzi	Water flea	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Orconectes rusticus	rusty crayfish	1	5		1		RESTRICTED	Harvesting and transport of live crayfish to markets/resaurants for human consumption would be allowed with a DNR permit. Dead crayfish could be used for bait.	RESTRICTED
Alosa psuedoharengus	alewife	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Sander lucioperca	zander	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Tinca tinca	tench	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Sardinius erythrophthalmus	rudd	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Osmerus mordax	rainbow smelt	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Hyphthalmichthus nobilis	bighead carp	7					PROHIBITED	silver carp and black carp were inadvertently omitted from initial list, but SAG would likely accept classifying them as prohibited	PROHIBITED, others also
Cyprinella lutrensis	red shiner	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Neogobius melanostomus	round goby	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Gymnocephalus cernuus	ruffe	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Channa sp.	snakehead family	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Gasterosteus aculeatus	threespine stickleback	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Proterorhinus marmoratus	tubenose goby	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Morone americana	white perch	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Petromyzon marinus	sea lamprey	7					PROHIBITED		PROHIBITED
Thymallus arcticus	arctic char		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Gambusia holbrooki	eastern mosquitofish						no consensus	This is a temperate species in the aquarium trade	back to SAG
Gambusia affinis	western mosquitofish						no consensus	This is a temperate species in the aquarium trade	back to SAG
Ctenopharyngodon idella	grass carp						no consensus	The aquaculture industry has asked for the ability to import triploid grass carp. The Department has a current policy of not permitting this.	back to SAG
Salmo salar	Atlantic salmon		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Ictalurus furcatus	blue catfish						no consensus	This species appears on the list of currently cultured species.	back to SAG
Salmo trutta	brown trout		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Onchorynchus tshawytsha	chinook salmon		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Onchoryncus kisutch	coho salmon		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Onchorunchus gairneri	rainbow trout		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Onchorynchus gorbuscha	pink salmon		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Lepomis microlophus	redear sunfish		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Tilapia sp.	tilapia		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Carassium auratus	goldfish		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Cyprinus carpio	common carp		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Acipenser ruthenus	white sturgeon						no consensus	This is a temperate species in the aquarium trade	back to SAG
Myxocyprinus asiaticus	Chinese hi-fin banded shark		7				RESTRICTED		RESTRICTED
Rhodeus sp.	bitterling						no consensus	This is a temperate species in the aquarium trade	back to SAG
Leuciscus idus	ide or orfe						no consensus	This is a temperate species in the aquarium trade	back to SAG
Misgurnus anguilllicaudatus	weather loach						no consensus	This is a temperate species in the aquarium trade	back to SAG
SUMMARY: TOTAL SPECIES: 46 Prohibited = 25, Restricted = 13, No consensus = 8

Last Revised: Wednesday April 23 2008