Lake Ontario and Great Lakes kiyi COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 10
Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
The kiyi and its habitat are protected by the federal Fisheries Act. It was previously assessed as Special Concern by COSEWIC in 1988. It is listed as Special Concern by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), and as S3(?) in Ontario by the Natural Heritage Information Centre. In the United States, it is listed by 5 states. The Global, National (US and Canada), State and Provincial ranks for kiyi are provided in Table 1. Commercial fishing quotas for all deepwater cisco species combined (including kiyi) in Lake Superior are regulated through the Ontario Fisheries Regulations and enforced by OMNR.
| Global | United States National | Canadian National | Subnational United States States |
Subnational Ontario |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G3 | N3 | Special Concern; N3? | S1 - Indiana S2S3 - Wisconsin S3 - Michigan, Minnesota SX= New York |
S3?; Special Concern |
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