Invasive Mussels

• Okanagan stakeholders strategize on regional response to invasive species of mussels

  The Quagga and Zebra mussels were first introduced in the Great Lakes in 1988 and made their way west about 10 years ago.

  Canada

  Mar 8
  
• Okanagan chambers of commerce call for ban on out-of-province boats

  The chambers want to see an increase in invasive mussel detection, along with around-the-clock monitoring of pleasure boats entering B.C.

  Canada

  Feb 13
  
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• Okanagan Basin Water Board wants more federal support to combat invasive mussels

  “Has the federal government given up on us?” asked Okanagan Basin Water Board executive director Anna Warwick Sears.

  Canada

  Jan 20
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• 5 B.C. politicians demanding Ottawa spend more on aquatic invasive species prevention

  Currently, B.C. has six watercraft inspection stations: Four along the Alberta border and two along the U.S. border.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2023
• 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, 2023
• 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, 2023
• 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, 2023
• ‘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
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• 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
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• 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