Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Marine record: Point Grey/British Columbia/Georgia Strait (1946, Carl et al. 1967; Crossman 1984); 1st Established tidal freshwater record: Chilliwack/British Columbia/Popkum Creek, Fraser River (1939, Carl et al. 1967; Richardson et al. 2000). Common Carp are established in the tidal fresh-brackish Fraser River, but are rare strays in Georgia Strait (Pietsch and Orr 2015)

Geographic Extent

Point Grey/British Columbia/Georgia Strait (1946, Carl et al. 1967; Crossman 1984; Pietsch and Orr 2015); Saturna Island//Georgia Strait (1967, Pietsch and Orr 2015); 1st Established tidal freshwater record: Chilliwack/British Columbia/Popkum Creek, Fraser River (1939, Carl et al. 1967; Richardson et al. 2000)