Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Established Record: between mid ground and Brant Island Shoal (close to Gull Rock)/NC/Pamlico Sound (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2014)

1st Record: Bluffton/SC/Atlantic Ocean (1988, Wenner and Knott 1992, escape of about 1,000 animals from aquaculture facility)

Geographic Extent

Bluffton/SC/Atlantic Ocean (1988, Wenner and Knott 1992, escape of about 1,000 animals from aquaculture facility); Currituck County/NC/North River (8/31/2011, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011); between mid-ground and Brant Island Shoal (close to Gull Rock)/NC/Pamlico Sound (2006, 2007 USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); between mid ground and Brant Island Shoal (close to Gull Rock)/NC (9/29/09, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Middletown Anchorage/NC/Pamlico Sound (10/4/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Near Rodanthe/NC/Pamlico Sound (2008, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008, 1 specimen); at Middletown Anchorage/NC/Pamlico Sound (10/24/2009, USGS Nonidigenous Species Program 2011); NC/lower Neuse River near mouth (2008, 1 specimen, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Craven County/NC/Adams Creek, Pamlico Sound (8/16/2011, USGS Nonidigenous Species Program 2011); off Grays Point/NC/New River (2008, 1 specimen, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); NC/Pamlico Sound (10/1/09, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Carteret County/NC/Newport River (10/1/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program s 2009); southeast of Camp Lejeune/NC/Bear Inlet (9/24/09, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program s 2009); Georgetown-St. Augustine/SC-FL/Atlantic Ocean (1988, Wenner and Knott 1992); about 1/2 mile off Bogue Banks, Carteret County/NC/Atlantic Ocean (2008, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008, 1 specimen); Beaufort/NC/Beaufort Harbor (10/11/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); Onslow County/NC/Bogue Sound, south of Sanders Creek (10/4/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); 75 miles off Hammocks Beach, Onslow County/NC/Atlantic Ocean (2008, 1 specimen, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program ); near Swansboro/NC/Fosters Creek (2008, 1 specimen, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Brunswick County/NC/Cape Fear River, at the mouth (9/14/09, 10/1/09, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009, 1 specimen each); 0.25 miles offshore Garden City Beach, Horry County/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2008, 1 specimen, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program s 2008); SC/Atlantic Ocean, off Bulls Bay, between Cape Romain and Bull Shoals (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); adjacent to northern end of Naval Weapons Station Charleston/SC/Cooper River (2012, 8/15/2012, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012); 0.5 to 2 miles off the northeast end of Isle of Palms, Charleston County/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2008, 1 specimen, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); along the shipping channel outside the jetties/SC/Atlantic Ocean off Charleston Harbor (2008, 1 specimen, Center for Aquatic Resource Studies 2008); off north end of Fripp Island, Beaufort/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2007, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); off Hunting Island/SC/Fripp Inlet, approx. 32.3 N, 80.3 W (10/18/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program s 2009); adjacent to Hilton Head Island/SC/Port Royal Sound (10/5/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); ~5 mi off Hilton Head Island, at Gaskin Banks/SC/Atlantic Ocean (10/4/2009, David Knott, pers. comm., to Pam Fuller USGS, 32.0869 N, 80.6940 W); between mouth of Calibogue Sound and ship channel/SC/Savannah River mouth (10/15/09,USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2009); in Midway just W of I-95 bridge/GA/Jerico River (9/15/2011, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011); ~ 3,5 mi off Sea Island/GA/Atlantic Ocean (10/2008, David Knott, pers. Comm. to Pam Fuller, USGS, 31 11.5' N, 81 16.3' W); off Darien, McIntosh County/GA/Atlantic Ocean (11/8/2011, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011, 31.3205 -81.27583); offshore of Fernandina Beach/FL/Atlantic Ocean (9/10/2011, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2012); Jacksonville, in front of the Jacksonville University campus/FL/St. Johns River (2008, 1 specimen,USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Jacksonville/FL/Mill Cove, lower St. Johns River (10/2/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); Buoy Slough off St. Augustine/FL/Atlantic Ocean (10/17/2007, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program s 2008); off New Smyrna Beach/FL/Atlantic Ocean (9/29/2008, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008); S of New Smyrna Beach/FL/Intracoastal Waterway (8/29/2010, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program, 29.007465, -80.869846); unspecified location at St. Augustine Inlet/FL/Atlantic Ocean (9/24/2011, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2011, 29.90927N, 81.28854 W); across from Veterans Memorial Park, South Palmetto Dr., Daytona Beach/FL/Halifax River,Intracoastal Waterway (7/15/2012, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2012)