Species Regional Summary
Homarus americanus
Alaskan panhandle to N. of Puget Sound ( NEP-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Port Townsend/WA/Puget Sound (1896, Smith 1896); Nanaimo Lighthouse and vicinity/Vancouver Island/British Columbia (1896, Carl and Giguet 1972, 298 planted)

Geographic Extent

Nanaimo Lighthouse and vicinity, Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Georgia Straits (1896, Carl and Giguet 1972; 298 planted); Vancouver area/British Columbia/Second Narrows, Burrard Inlet (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 590 planted); Sechelt Peninsula/British Columbia/Secret Cove (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 43 planted); Gambier Island/British Columbia/Long Bay (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 43 planted); British Columbia/Snug Cove (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 43 planted); Vancouver Island/British Columbia/False Narrows (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 135 planted); Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Nanoose Bay (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 171 planted); Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Sooke Bay, Strait of Juan da Fuca (1905, Carl and Giguet 1972, 1,900 planted); Lasqueti Island/British Columbia/a lagoon, Georgia Straits (1948, Carl and Giguet 1972, 1606 released, only 3 caught 1949); Prince Rupert/British British Columbia/Chatham Sound (1955, Carl and Giguet 1972, 18 escaped aquaculture enclosure, 3 caught in 1956); Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Fatty Basin (1965-1967, 5000 lobsters introduced, Ghelardi and Shoop 1967, cited by Carlton 1979, larvae seen but no recruitment reported); Port Townsend/WA/Puget Sound (1896, Smith 1896); Vancouver Island/British Columbia/Saanich Inlet (2011, sighting by diver, Klinkenberg 2010); Vancouver/British Columbia/Indian Arm (before 2005, sighting by diver, Klinkenberg 2010); Divers in Puget Sound report several sightings of adult American Lobsters, over the last 10 years, including females with eggs Patrick Lynch, sighting, personal communication, via REEF).

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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