The water-resistant cards are small enough to fit in a tackle box, wallet, or pocket. Wild baitfish harvesters, researchers and fishery managers should also be on the look-out. Anyone who catches a round goby or a ruffe is urged not to throw it back alive. Because regulations vary, each contains a different message on possession or transport of these exotics. Cards will be distributed through bait shops, marinas, public events, associations, environmental education organizations, and DNR offices.
Single cards are free.
Individuals or organizations wanting cards contact their state Sea Grant office, or DNR agency. Available for comment is the Service's draft environmental assessment , which outlines possibilities for establishing a 30,000-acre refuge in the watershed. The document provides information on impacts and benefits of such a refuge, as well as an economic analysis of the proposed refuge.