North American Fish Under Threat

Nearly 40 percent of fish species in North America are imperiled, according to a new survey by fish experts, the U. S. Geological Survey, and the American Fisheries Society, up 92 percent from the last survey done in 1989.

North America hosts perhaps the greatest diversity of temperate freshwater organisms on Earth, including aquatic insects, mussels, crayfish and fish.

The new report, compiling assessments from fish experts in the United States, Canada and Mexico, found that of the 700 types of fish in the survey, 230 are “vulnerable,” 190 are “threatened,” 280 are “endangered,” and 61 are believed extinct.

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Tagged as: American Fisheries Society, Crayfish, Endangered Species, Extinct Species, Fish, Freshwater Organisms, Insects, Mussels, North America & Caribbean, Species, U.S. Geological Survey

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