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.

Table 1.  Global, National, and Subnational (State and Provincial) ranks and status for shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) (NatureServe 2004).
G/N/S ranks: 1=critically imperiled; 2=imperiled; 3=vulnerable to extirpation or extinction; 4=apparently secure; 5=demonstrably widespread, abundant and secure; X – extinct; H – historic; ?=unknown.
Global US National Canadian National Subnational
US States
Subnational
Ontario
GH NH Threatened; NH SX – Il, IN, NY
SH – MI, WI
SX

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