FISHHOOK FLEA

A invasive species

By Maddie

Aquatic Invader

What is the Fishhook Flea? Aquatic Invader 1 cm. 80% tail Crustation Hooked Spiny Tail Almost clear Head is mostly only its eye Latin name is Cercpagis Pengoi

Where did This Organism come from?

Avoz SeaCaspianSeaAral SeaEurope

How Did The Fishhook Flea Get Here?•Ballast Water•Hooks onto Fishing Equipment•Arrived in 1998

Damage to Native Plants and Animals

•Eats and competes with native zooplankton•Small Fish can’t digest it because of spiny tail•Not as nutritious as zooplankton•Might push zooplankton to extinction•Little Fish Die than big fish die it goes all the way up the food chain

Economic Impact•Clogs Fishing Equipment•Makes Trouble for multi-billion dollar fishing industries

What Can You Do About The Fishhook Flea?

•No way to fully stop the Fishhook Flea•Wash all fishing equipment before going to a new lake.•4 steps: Inspect, Drain, Empty, Wash/Dry.•Wash off clothes

What I Think About The Fishhook Flea.

I Think The Fishhook flea is a big problem.What scares me most is that we can’t fully stop it.

Thousands of ships empty bilge water into the Great Lakes every season.

Guess What? The Fishhook Flea is in The world’s 100 Worst invasive species!!

Bibliography• Aquatic Nuisance species Alert• What is it?• http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_documents/publications/F

S/FS083%20Aquatic%20nuisance%20species%20alert%20Cercopagis%20pengoi.pdf March,2013

• Minnesota Sea Grant• What are the impacts• http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/fishhook.htm Marc

h,2013• Nab The Aquatic Invader• Great Lakes Region • http://www.iiseagrant.org/NabInvader/Lakes/admin/biodi

ver.html March,2013• Life• Pictures• http://images.google.com/hosted/life March,2013