What are the worst invasive fish species? In this video I will be trying to that question and many others you may have about invasive fish species. An invasive species is any plant or animal that has be introduced into an ecosystem where it doesn't belong, normally having negative impacts on native animal and plant species. Invasive fish don't only endanger native fish species but they can also cause millions of dollars worth of damage. Todays video is a little different as I will be going through 3 problem invasive fish species and 1 invasive mussel species and 1 invasive mink species.

Attributions

Rainbow trout images:
helti
https://www.flickr.com/photos/helti/
Dr.DeNo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/denatale/
Sheila Sund
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sheila_...
NYS DEC
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec/
淺藍雪
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Rainbow trout footage:
Island Life Fishing
   / @islandlifefishing  
Craig’s outdoor adventures
   / @craigsoutdooradventures  

Sea lamprey images:
NYS DEC
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec/
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaa_gl...
USFWS Midwest Region
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmi...

Sea lamprey footage:
Glen Hedelson
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9765030...
Natural Resources Wales / Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru
   / @natreswales  

Zebra mussel images:
Bj.schoenmakers
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Us...
Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
https://www.flickr.com/people/4378833...
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaa_gl...
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
https://www.flickr.com/people/1171843...
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic
Neil DeMaster
https://www.flickr.com/photos/neildem...

Zebra mussel footage:
DEESTUARY
   / @deestuary  
Creative Commons Media
   / @creativecommonsmedia6740  

American mink images:
Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivl...
Nicole Beaulac
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicoleb...
Stan Lupo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanlup...
tsaiproject
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tsaipro...
Colin Haycock
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaycock/

American mink footage:
Wildwood Trust
   / @wildwoodtrustorgcharity  
Alain Fossé
   / alain fossé  
UFZde
   / @ufzde  

Pike images:
NYS DEC
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec/
Gilles San Martin
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sanmartin/
Travis
https://www.flickr.com/photos/baggis/
Neil Ward
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1471024...

Pike footage:
Jarek Andrzejewski
   / @wodnikjarek  
Creative Commons Media
   / @creativecommonsmedia6740  

Pike family member images:
NYS DEC
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec/

Mustelidae images:
Mike Prince
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikepri...
mossi889
http://mossi889.deviantart.com/
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
USFWS Mountain-Prairie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmt...
Oliver Clarke
https://www.flickr.com/people/1243950...
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Water vole image:
Peter Trimming
https://www.flickr.com/people/5542602...
Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Water vole foorage:
NearbyWild
   / @nearbywild9109  

Yellow perch footage:
Lurenet
   / @lurenetfishing  

Endangered freshwater mussel species images:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region
https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsno...

Round goby image:
Petroglyph
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2811311...

Round goby footage:
Rostislav Štefánek
   / @czechunderwater  

Lamprey family images:
NYS DEC
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdec/
Fishes of Georgia Photo Gallery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgia...

I have adapted and edited some of these original images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Our first invasive fish species is the northern pike. The northern pike has become a problem invasive species in some parts of Alaska.

Our next invasive species is the American mink. The American mink is invasive over many parts of Europe.

Our next invasive fish species is the rainbow trout. The rainbow trout is one of the most invasive species in the world.

Our next invasive species is the zebra mussel. The zebra mussel is invasive in the freshwaters of north America.