Species Regional Summary
Crassostrea virginica
_CDA_P297 (Strait of Georgia) ( P297 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: British Columbia-WA/Boundary Bay (1895, Carlton 1979, additional planting in 1905, persistent population in the Nicomekl River, British Columbia, Carlton 1992). The only established reproducing population in the NE Pacific is in the Nicomekl River, flowing into Boundary Bay, near Langley, British Columbia (Carlton 1992). This population persists - a local website shows a Boy Scout troops' efforts to restore habitat for the Eastern Oyster http://www.1stsemiscouting.org/photos.htm#Oyster%20Beds

Geographic Extent

British Columbia-WA/Boundary Bay (1895, Carlton 1979, additional planting in 1905, persistent population in the Nicomekl River, British Columbia, Carlton 1992).

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Oyster Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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