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Click here to go back Details of this species in Canada Status: Alien Invasiveness: Invasive Occurrence: Established Source: FishBase, 2001 Arrival Date: Introduction: Species Notes for this Location: Salvelinus fontinalis is native to Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Nova Scotia and was intentionally introduced as a game species to Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan (FishBase, 2001; Crossman, 1991) Management Notes for this Location: Salvelinus fontinalis was successfully eradicated from previously fish-less Bighorn Lake, Alberta, Canada from 1997-2000 using continuously fished mixed-mesh monofilament nylon gill nets, to study the effects of removal on cascading trophic interactions, resulting in significant recovery towards fish-less lake ecology (Parker & Schindler 2006). Location Notes: Impacts: Hybridisation: Salvelinus fontinalis is known to hybridise with threatened native bull trout (see Salvelinus confluentus in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species) in Alberta, Canada (Leary et al. 1993). Last Modified: 21/01/2008 11:10:30 a.m.