Global Documentation of Fish Introductions: the Growing Crisis and Recommendations for Action

By C. Casal. Biological Invasions, 2005

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Subfields: Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) invasions facilitated by introductions and nature management strongly reduce macroinvertebrate abundance in isolated water bodies (2008, unknown): “The pumpkinseed is listed among the top ten introduced fish species with adverse ecological effects (Casal 2006).”
Invaders are not a random selection of species (2009, background): “This difference could result from the fact that most of the invertebrate invaders were unintentionally introduced, while many fish invaders were deliberately introduced, especially for aquaculture and fisheries (Casal 2006).”
Introduction of non‐native freshwater fish can certainly be bad (2009, methodology): “The common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae) is the third species (in production, metric tons) cultivated in aquaculture worldwide (established in 91 of the 121 countries to which it has been introduced) and is recognized as having adverse ecological effects in 15 countries (Casal 2006).”
Chinook salmon invade southern South America (2008, background): “Over 3,000 fish introduction events involving [ 500 fish species have been recorded worldwide, and more than half of these may have led to the establishment of wild populations (Casal 2006).”
A Serious New Threat to Brazilian Freshwater Ecosystems: The Naturalization of Nonnative Fish by Decree (2014, background): “We emphasize that Brazil has a megadiverse native fish fauna, it is the ninth largest producer of freshwater fish through aquaculture, but production is almost entirely based on nonnative species (>80% of 94,844 mt; Casal 2006; Vitule et al. 2009).”
Freshwater fish introductions in mediterranean‐climate regions: are there commonalities in the conservation problem? (2010, background): “Aquaculture has been identified as the major reason for introducing fish species into different countries, with 50% of freshwater fish introduced for aquaculture having established in the wild (Casal, 2006).”
The top 27 animal alien species introduced into Europe for aquaculture and related activities (2010, background): “The crisis in wild fisheries and globalization of the market (Casal, 2006) lead to an increase in man-mediated movements of aquatic species.”