1. FISHHOOK WATER FLEA
The mini invaders
By Leah

2. WHAT DOES A FISHHOOK
FLEA LOOK LIKE?
Itis a 1cm long
crustacean
80% of its body is
its tail
Ithas a spiny and
curved tail
Pair of antennae
The head is made
mostly of 1 eye

3. HOW DID IT COME HERE?
It arrived by
ballast water
It came in 1998
It came from
Caspian,
Ireland Azov
seas in Europe

4. HOW IS THIS ORGANISM HARMFUL?
 Eats and competes
with native zoo
plankton
 Can’t be swallowed by
small fish
 Not very nutritious
 Clogs up nets and
fishing lines
 Causes problems for
multibillion dollar
fishing industries

5. WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO MANAGE
THIS ORGANISM?
 Once it is there it
cannot be stopped
 Wash out your stuff
that is in the
infested lakes to
prevent spreading
the organism to
other waters

6. THE BIG MAP

7. WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT
FURTHER SPREAD?
 Ifyou find one
put it in a jar with
half lake water
half rubbing
alcohol
 Put it on ice or in
the freezer
 Report to the
DNR

8. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE FISHHOOK WATER
FLEA?
I think this
species is a
horrible
invasion
Itmultiplies
really really fast

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 www.Aquaticnuisances
pecies
 www.issg.org/database
/spicies/ecology
 www.wsegrant.umm.ed
u/exotic/fishhookntml
Nab at the aquatic
invaders
2/28/13