Species ‘wreaks havoc on Canada's freshwater ecosystems’ and can cause millions in damages to water treatment facilities, power stations, and boats
Zebra mussels, an invasive species that kills native mussels and chokes drinking water systems, have been discovered in the Saint John River in New Brunswick, the farthest east in Canada they've been positively identified.
Travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic might help British Columbia defend against invasive mussels, but the province is taking no chances as it works to keep the creatures out of B.C. waterways. An invasive zebra mussel is pictured. - TBA Ottawa, she said, was working with provincial, municipal, non-governmental and Indigenous partners to monitor New Brunswick's lakes and rivers for any new presence of aquatic invasive species.
They were first detected in Ontario in 1988 and have gone as far west as Lake Winnipeg and as far east as Nackawic. New Brunswick and Quebec volunteers will map areas most vulnerable to the presence of zebra mussels and work on setting up a network of boat washing stations in key locations. The larvae of the mussels are microscopic, float in the water and follow the currents of lakes and rivers until they attach to a solid surface, making them difficult to detect.
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