Ability to Respond Total:19 / 25Ability to Respond = ( Ease of Response + Tools in Place )
Confidence:High
Confidence Notes:
Impact
Spread
Notes
Score
Spread Rate
Thrive in a variety of freshwater habitats and can tolerate brackish water conditions.
5
Spread Amount
Survive in a very wide range of liminological conditions, indicated by their broad latitudinal native range.
5
Damage
Notes
Score
Ecological
Survive in a very wide range of liminological conditions, indicated by their broad latitudinal native range.
5
Agricultural
0
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
0
Health
0
Benefit
Notes
Score
Ecological
0
Agricultural
0
Infrastructure
0
Cultural
Easily caught game fish species.
1
Health
0
Total
14
Ability to Respond
Ease of Response
Notes
Score
Detection
Easily seen in water. Observations in angler creels and resource assessment efforts.
5
Control
Chemical treament most effective, but requires extensive environmental analysis. Angling, seining, gillnetting and electrofishing are less favorable techniques but not likely to lead to eradication from a receiving water.
3
Tools in Place
Notes
Score
Entry
Regulations in place prohibiting the movement of live fin fish.
3
Control
1987 chemical treatment of Lake Kaweah and downstream waters of the Tulare Lake Basin.
3
Outreach
Only known population exists in Lake Nacimento. Ileagally introduced into and eradicated from Tulare Lake Basin; since eradication, no new populations have been found.
