FISHHOOK WATER FLEA

The mini invadersBy Leah

WHAT DOES A FISHHOOK FLEA

LOOK LIKE?It is a 1cm long crustacean80% of its body is its tail It has a spiny and curved tailPair of antennae The head is made mostly of 1 eye

HOW DID IT COME HERE?

It arrived by ballast water

It came in 1998

It came from Caspian, Ireland Azov seas in Europe

HOW IS THIS ORGANISM HARMFUL? Eats and competes

with native zoo plankton

Can’t be swallowed by small fish

Not very nutritious Clogs up nets and

fishing lines Causes problems for

multibillion dollar fishing industries

WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO MANAGE THIS ORGANISM?

Once it is there it cannot be stopped

Wash out your stuff that is in the infested lakes to prevent spreading the organism to other waters

THE BIG MAP

WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD?

If you find one put it in a jar with half lake water half rubbing alcohol

Put it on ice or in the freezer

Report to the DNR

WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE FISHHOOK WATER FLEA?

I think this species is a horrible invasion

It multiplies really really fast

BIBLIOGRAPHY

www.Aquaticnuisancespecies

www.issg.org/database/spicies/ecology

www.wsegrant.umm.edu/exotic/fishhookntml

Nab at the aquatic invaders

2/28/13