Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10
Existing Protection or Other Status
The shortnose cisco and its habitat are protected by the federal Fisheries Act. It was previously assessed as Threatened by COSEWIC based on a report by Parker (1988). It is listed as SX (extirpated) by the Natural Heritage Information Centre, and NH (historic) for Canada by NatureServe Canada. In the United States, it is listed as SX by three states and SH by two states (Table 1). The Global, National (US and Canada), State and Provincial ranks for the shortnose cisco are provided in Table 1. Commercial fishing quotas for all cisco species combined (including shortnose cisco) in the Canadian Great Lakes are regulate and enforced by OMNR.
Global | US National | Canadian National | Subnational US States |
Subnational Ontario |
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GH | NH | Threatened; NH | SX – Il, IN, NY SH – MI, WI |
SX |
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