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.

Table 1.  Global, National, and Subnational (State and Provincial) ranks and status for kiyi (Coregonus kiyi). (NatureServe 2004). G/N/S ranks: 1=critically imperiled; 2=imperiled; 3=vulnerable to extirpation or extinction; X = extinct.
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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