Invasive Mussels

• B.C. inspection station quarantines Ontario boat after invasive mussels found

  The Conservation Officer Service says its inspectors ensured that a watercraft fouled with invasive mussels never made into B.C. waterways.

  Canada

  Sep 30
  
• Volunteers wanted in Okanagan to monitor invasive mussels

  The Okanagan Basin Water Board is funding a project to monitor lakes in the Okanagan for invasive mussels through its ‘Don’t Move a Mussel’ campaign.

  Environment

  Jul 18
  
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• Okanagan water board calls report on invasive mussels troubling

  “I couldn't let it go without saying something because it is really a really shocking report,” said Anna Warwick Sears of the Okanagan Basin Water Board.

  Environment

  Jun 13
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• ‘Largest-ever decontamination’: B.C. crews track down mussel-infested barge from eastern Canada  

  According to the province, the barge from Lake Ontario was headed to a Lower Mainland waterway for industrial use.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2022
• B.C.’s invasive mussel defence program intercepts 5 contaminated boats from Ontario

  Five watercraft contaminated with invasive mussels were intercepted coming into B.C. Two were headed to the Okanagan, two to the Lower Mainland and one to Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2022
• Okanagan water board asks for more federal funding to fight invasive mussels

  The OBWB says the funding, which will expire in 2023 and also goes towards lake monitoring, was previously provided through the Canada Nature Fund for Aquatic Species at Risk.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2022
• 17 boats with invasive mussels stopped from entering B.C.

  Eight of these boats were headed to the Okanagan, four to the Lower Mainland, three to Vancouver Island, one to the Kootenays, and one to Skeena.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2021
• Zebra mussels intercepted by Saskatchewan Environment near Manitoba border

  A boat contaminated with invasive zebra mussels was intercepted by Saskatchewan Environment inspectors and conservation officers near the Manitoba border.

  Environment

  Sep 16, 2021
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• Invasive mussels: B.C. reopens annual boat inspection stations

  The boat inspection stations are a part of the province’s Mussel Defence Program, which also includes lake monitoring and education.

  Environment

  May 15, 2021
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• Aquatic invasive species remain a concern for Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment

  In 2020, 911 watercraft were inspected by Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Environment, with 620 identified as high risk for aquatic invasive species.

  Environment

  May 10, 2021