Fourhorn sculpin COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10

Existing Protection or Other Status

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) (Houston 1990) has assessed in 1989 the post-glacial Arctic relict freshwater fourhorn sculpin as ‘Special Concern’. This status was based on the narrow distribution, restricted habitat and special habitat requirements of the freshwater fourhorn sculpin, and the presumed overall rareness. General protection is provided in Canadian waters under the Fisheries Act. There is no listing for this species in CITES, IUCN, or US Fish and Wildlife Service. It is considered ‘Endangered’ in many of the freshwater lakes in Sweden (Kullander 1992; Nilsson 1996). The fourhorn is listed in Appendix III as protected fauna in the summary report of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, otherwise known as the Bern Convention, but it is not specified what forms are protected.

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