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This page is provided as a clearinghouse for outreach and education materials to allow for interjurisdictional collaboration and sharing of resources to benefit all in the fight to stop illegal stocking. If you have materials to share or links to suggest please contact us at StopStocking@gmail.com


Portland State University

Catalog: Aquatic Invasive Species Education & Outreach Materials

Alberta Fisheries Management Branch

Angler survey: Unwanted perch introductions

White Paper: Background information on unwanted perch introductions

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Web page: “Salmon Eating Machines”

Website: Invasive Pike

Web Page: Be Careful with Crawfish

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Web Page: Unlawful Stocking

Arizona Game & Fish

Brochure: Please Don’t Turn it Loose

British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Brochures & Signs about invasive fish (courtesy of Steve Maricle)

Alien species poster

Reward poster

Invasive fish alert sign

Invasive Fish logo

Stop the spread of invasive fish

Slide Show (courtesy of Steve Maricle): BC Invasive Fish

Report (courtesy of Tracy Michalski): Management strategies for illegally introduced sport fish (PDF)

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Press Release: Illegal flathead catfish removal

Website: Illegal flathead catfish removal project

Web Page: Illegal Fish Introductions

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Web Page: Pandora’s Box

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

Sticker: Don’t Dump Bait!

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Web Page: Illegal Fish Stockings Threaten Maine Lakes and Rivers

Brochure: Shark in fishbowl

Article: Humphrey, Bob. 2001. Plague of the Bucket Biologists – Why They Threaten Maine’s Fisheries. Maine Fish and Wildlife (Maine DIFW), Summer 2001:19-22.

Brochure: MDIFW. 2002. Save Maine’s Native Fish Species! Stop Disastrous Illegal Fish Stocking! Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Aquatic Invaders.

Maine Today

News Article: Illegal introduction threatens one of Maine’s last wild trout rivers

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

News Article: New laws get tough on illegal introductions

Web Page: Snakehead

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sea Grant

Pamphlet: Live seafood: into the pan, not the wild

Missouri Department of Conservation

Article: “Don’t dump that bait!”

Montana Chapter American Fisheries Society

Letter to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Article: “Outlaw Introductions”

Press Release: Illegal Fish Plants Are A Nightmare For Anglers And Biologists

Web Page: A fishery manager’s nightmare

Press Release: FWP To Step-up Enforcement To Stop Bucket Biology

New Brunswick, Canada

Web Page & Video: Illegal fish introductions

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

Web Page: “One Bucket Away from Disaster: Potential Impacts of Illegal Fish Stockings”

Press Release: Fish Introductions Can Be Harmful and Are Illegal

Article: Bait Buckets and Aquatic Hitchhikers

Ontario Federation of Hunters & Anglers

Videos

1) Unauthorized Fish Stocking
2) Fish Food: Exotic Fish
3) Anglers Alert: Live Bait
4) Aquariums & Water Gardens

Web Page: Invading Species

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

Web Page: Laws to Help Stop the Spread of Exotics

Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Fact Sheet: Flathead catfish

Fact Sheet: Snakehead

Tasmania Inland Fisheries Service

Web Page: Prohibited Activities

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Press Release: Walleye discovered in Red Fleet Reservoir

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Web Page: What you can do to prevent spread of NAS

Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Press releases:

Transporting live fish illegal; G&F stepping up enforcement and education
$2,500 Reward offered for illegal fish stocking information
Illegal introduction of ling discovered
$100,000 fine
Anglers wanted to suppress illegal burbot

United States Department of Agriculture

Web Site and Video: Snakehead

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Poster: Snakehead ID

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Poster: Snakehead ID