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Silent Streams?

April 26, 2017Silent Streams

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AFSESC WebsiteNearly 40 percent of fish species in North American streams, rivers and lakes are now in jeopardy, according to the most detailed evaluation of the conservation status of freshwater fish in the last 20 years. The 700 fishes now listed represent a staggering 92 percent increase over the 364 listed as “imperiled” in the previous holiday darter [Etheostoma brevironstrum (Amicalola Creek population)] Photo by Noel Burkhead, USGS1989 study published by the American Fisheries Society. Researchers classified each of the 700 fishes listed as either vulnerable (230), threatened (190), or endangered (280). In addition, 61 fishes are presumed extinct.