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O.F.A.H./M.N.R. Invasive Species Awareness Program

Invading Species Awareness Program
www.invadingspecies.com

In 1992 the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, established The Invading Species Awareness Program. Our objectives are to raise public awareness of invasive species and encourage their participation in preventing their spread. The program also monitors and tracks the spread of invading species in Ontario waters through citizen reports to the Invading Species Hotline and the Invading Species Watch program and conducts research on the impacts and control of invasive species in Ontario.

More than 185 non-indigenous species have become established in the Great Lakes basin. Invading species, such as the zebra mussel, sea lamprey and round goby, are agressive, extremely adaptable and have high reproduction rates enabling them to spread. Unchecked, these invaders will outcompete native fish and wildlife and unbalance natural ecosystems.