Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations (SOR/2015-121)

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Regulations are current to 2024-11-26 and last amended on 2021-06-04. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE(Sections 1, 2, 4 and 6 to 9, subsection 13(1), section 14, paragraph 19(2)(a), section 23, paragraphs 24(b) and 25(2)(a), subsections 26(3) and (4) and paragraph 27(1)(a) and subsection 27(3))

PART 1Interpretation

Definitions
1 The following definitions apply in this schedule.
boundary waters
boundary waters has the same meaning as in the Preliminary Article of the Treaty relating to Boundary Waters and Questions arising along the Boundary between Canada and the United States as set out in Schedule 1 to the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act. (eaux limitrophes)
transboundary waters
transboundary waters means those waters that, in their natural channels, flow across the international boundary between Canada and the United States. (eaux transfrontalières)
Geographic coordinates
2 The geographic coordinates in this schedule are in reference to the North American Datum 1983 (NAD83).

PART 2

Species Subject to Prohibitions and Controls

Item	Common Name	Scientific Name	Condition	Area — Importation Prohibited	Area — Possession Prohibited	Area — Transportation Prohibited	Area — Release Prohibited
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
1	Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Dead and eviscerated	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada
2	Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Dead and eviscerated	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada
3	Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Dead and eviscerated	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada
4	Black carp	Mylopharyngodon piceus	Dead and eviscerated	Canada	Canada	Canada	Canada
5	Zebra mussel	Dreissena polymorpha		Canada, except in (a) the transboundary waters in Ontario, downstream of the bridge crossing the Pigeon River located at 48°00′05.1″N 89°35′06.8″W; (b) the boundary waters of the Canadian Great Lakes and connecting waterways, between the location of the bridge and the boundary between Ontario and Quebec; and (c) the boundary and transboundary waters in Quebec	British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba	British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba	British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
6	Quagga mussel	Dreissena bugensis		Canada, except in (a) the transboundary waters in Ontario, downstream of the bridge crossing the Pigeon River located at 48°00′05.1″N 89°35′06.8″W; (b) the boundary waters of the Canadian Great Lakes and connecting waterways, between the location of the bridge and the boundary between Ontario and Quebec; and (c) the boundary and transboundary waters in Quebec	British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba	British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba	British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
7	Any species of the snakehead family	Any species of the family Channidae	Dead and eviscerated		Ontario	Ontario	Ontario
8	Ruffe	Gymnocephalus cernua	Dead		Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba
9	Rudd	Scardinius erythropthalmus	Dead		Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba
10	Round goby	Neogobius melanostomus	Dead		Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba
11	Tubenose goby	Proterorhinus semilunaris	Dead		Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba	Ontario and Manitoba
12	Sea lamprey	Petromyzon marinus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
13	Arctic lamprey	Lethenteron camtschaticum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
14	Siberian sturgeon	Acipenser baerii	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
15	Russian sturgeon	Acipenser gueldenstaedtii	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
16	Thorn sturgeon	Acipenser nudiventris	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
17	Sterlet sturgeon	Acipenser ruthenus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
18	Stellate sturgeon	Acipenser stellatus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
19	Beluga sturgeon	Huso huso	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
20	Pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
21	Shortnose sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
22	Shovelnose sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus platorynchus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
23	Paddlefish	Polyodon spathula	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
24	Spotted gar	Lepisosteus oculatus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
25	Longnose gar	Lepisosteus osseus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
26	Shortnose gar	Lepisosteus platostomus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
27	Bowfin	Amia calva	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
28	Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
29	Gizzard shad	Dorosoma cepedianum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
30	Rainbow smelt	Osmerus mordax	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
31	Bitterling	All species of the genera Rhodeus and Tanakia	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
32	Carp bream	Abramis brama	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
33	Schneider or Chub	Alburnoides bipunctatus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
34	Barbel	Barbel barbus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
35	Crucian carp	Carassius carassius	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
36	Gudgeon	Gobio gobio gobio	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
37	Red shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
38	Utah chub	Gila atraria	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
39	European chub	Leuciscus cephalus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
40	Orfe or Ide	Leuciscus idus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
41	Common dace	Leuciscus leuciscus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
42	Czekanowski’s minnow	Phoxinus czekanowskii	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
43	Swamp minnow	Phoxinus perenurus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
44	Eurasian minnow	Phoxinus phoxinus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
45	Kutum	Rutilus frisii	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
46	Roach	Rutilus rutilus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
47	Tench	Tinca tinca	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
48	Vimba	Vimba vimba	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
49	White cloud minnow	Tanichthys albonubes	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
50	Lake chubsucker	Erimyzon sucetta	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
51	Stone loach	Barbatula barbatula	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
52	Oriental weatherfish	Misgurnus anguillicaudatus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
53	Walking catfish	Clarias batrachus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
54	White catfish	Ameiurus catus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
55	Yellow bullhead	Ameiurus natalis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
56	Slender madtom	Noturus exilis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
57	Margined madtom	Noturus insignis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
58	Brindled madtom	Noturus miurus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
59	Freckled madtom	Noturus nocturnus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
60	Northern madtom	Noturus stigmosus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
61	Flathead catfish	Pylodictis olivaris	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
62	Wels catfish	Silurus glanis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
63	Western mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
64	Fourspine stickleback	Apeltes quadracus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
65	Threespine stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
66	Blackspotted stickleback	Gasterosteus wheatlandi	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
67	Bullhead or Miller’s thumb	Cottus gobio gobio	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
68	White perch	Morone americana and hybrids	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
69	Yellow bass	Morone mississippiensis and hybrids	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
70	Striped bass	Morone saxatilis and hybrids	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
71	Green sunfish	Lepomis cyanellus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
72	Orangespotted sunfish	Lepomis humilis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
73	Longear sunfish	Lepomis megalotis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
74	Northern sunfish	Lepomis peltastes	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
75	Zander	Sander lucioperca	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
76	Volga pikeperch	Sander volgensis or Sander marinus	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
77	Snakehead	Channa argus	Dead and eviscerated		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
78	European stream valvata	Valvata piscinalis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
79	Chinese mystery snail	Cipangopaludina chinensis	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
80	New Zealand ud snail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
81	Mud bithynid	Bithynia tentaculata	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
82	Big-eared radix	Radix auricularia	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
83	Asian clam	Corbicula fluminea	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
84	Greater european peaclam	Pisidium amnicum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
85	Henslow peaclam	Pisidium henslowanum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
86	European fingernail clam	Sphaerium corneum	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
87	Spiny water flea	Bythotrephes cederstroemi	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
88	Fish hook water flea	Cercopagis pengoi	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba
89	Rusty crayfish	Orconectes rusticusi	Dead		Manitoba	Manitoba	Manitoba

PART 3

Species Subject to Controls Only in Areas Where They Are Not Indigenous

Item	Common Name	Scientific Name
	Column 1	Column 2
1	Club tunicate	Styela clava
2	Vase tunicate	Ciona intestinalis
3	Golden Star tunicate	Botryllus schlosseri
4	Violet tunicate	Botrylloides violaceus
5	Didemnum	Didemnum vexillum
6	Bloody red shrimp	Hemimysis anomala
7	European green crab	Carcinus maenas
8	Chinese mitten crab	Eriocheir sinensis
9	Smallmouth bass	Micropterus dolomieu
10	Largemouth bass	Micropterus salmoides
11	Northern pike	Esox lucius
12	Pumpkinseed	Lepomis gibbosus
13	Walleye	Sander vitreus
14	Yellow perch	Perca flavescens

Date modified:: 2024-12-10

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Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations (SOR/2015-121)

SCHEDULE(Sections 1, 2, 4 and 6 to 9, subsection 13(1), section 14, paragraph 19(2)(a), section 23, paragraphs 24(b) and 25(2)(a), subsections 26(3) and (4) and paragraph 27(1)(a) and subsection 27(3))

PART 1Interpretation