A review of the literature on the use of Bayluscide in fisheries
Literature Review
74-02
Out-of-print
By: Sandra E. Hamilton
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Abstract
In the United States Bayluscide has had multiple uses. The 70% wettable powder has been used in Puerto Rico for snail control and the 5% granular formulation has been tested in Michigan and Wisconsin against freshwater snails serving as inter mediate hosts of the trematode causing swimmers' itch. Bayluscide has also been used in field trials as a fish toxicant. Its most important use in North America, however, has been to control sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus, in the Great Lakes, a necessary prerequisite for the restoration of Great Lakes sport and commercial fisheries. Since 1966 the 5% granular formulation has been used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Department of Environment as a toxicant to survey populations of larval sea lampreys in Great Lakes estuaries and deepwater tributaries. The Canadian Government also uses Bayluscide to control sea lampreys, but in the United States the present registration restricts use to population surveys only. Literature on the mixtures of Bayluscide and the selective lamprey toxicant, TFM, used since 1964 by both the U.S. and Canadian agencies to control larval sea lampreys in the Great Lakes, has been reviewed elsewhere and is not included in this review.
Suggested Citation
Hamilton, S.E., 1974, A review of the literature on the use of Bayluscide in fisheries: Literature Review 74-02, 60 p.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Title | A review of the literature on the use of Bayluscide in fisheries |
| Series title | Literature Review |
| Series number | 74-02 |
| Year Published | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Contributing office(s) | Great Lakes Science Center |
| Description | 60 p. |
| First page | 0 |
| Last page | 60 |