Prescribed carriers of invasive species, conveyances etc.
 14. (1) For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, the following are prescribed as carriers to which the Act applies that are capable of facilitating the movement of invasive species from one place to another: 1.  Watercraft. 2.  Watercraft equipment. O. Reg. 702/21, s. 9. (2) A person shall not transport watercraft or watercraft equipment overland unless, (a)  any drain plugs or other devices used to control drainage have been removed or opened to allow water to drain out of the watercraft or watercraft equipment; and (b)  reasonable measures have been taken to remove any aquatic plants, animals or algae from the watercraft, watercraft equipment and any vehicle or trailer used to transport the watercraft or watercraft equipment overland. O. Reg. 702/21, s. 9. (3) Clause (2) (a) does not apply in respect of drain plugs or other devices used to control drainage of water in, (a)  drinking water systems, marine sanitary systems or closed engine cooling systems; or (b)  a livewell, if the person transporting the livewell overland is transporting live fish in the livewell pursuant to a licence to transport live fish issued under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997. O. Reg. 702/21, s. 9. (4) In addition to complying with clause (2) (b), a person transporting a watercraft or watercraft equipment overland to a body of water shall, prior to reaching a launch site for the body of water, ensure the watercraft, watercraft equipment and any vehicle or trailer used to transport the watercraft or watercraft equipment does not have an aquatic plant, animal or algae attached to it. O. Reg. 702/21, s. 9. (5) No person shall place a watercraft, watercraft equipment or any vehicle or trailer used to transport a watercraft into any body of water if the watercraft, watercraft equipment, vehicle or trailer has an aquatic plant, animal or algae attached to it. O. Reg. 702/21, s. 9. (6) In this section, “livewell” means a compartment designed to keep fish alive that is attached to or forms part of a watercraft; (“vivier”) “watercraft” means any conveyance used or designed for navigation on water, including a motorboat, rowboat, canoe, punt, sailboat or raft; (“embarcation”) “watercraft equipment” means any thing that is used to aid in the operation, movement or navigation of a watercraft including ropes, fenders or anchors. (“équipement d’embarcation”) O. Reg. 702/21, s. 9. Table 1   Prohibited Invasive species - invertebrates Item   Common Name   Scientific Name 

  1.   Common Yabby   Cherax destructor 

  2.   Golden Mussel   Limnoperna fortunei 

  3.   Killer Shrimp   Dikerogammarus villosus 

  4.   Marbled Crayfish   Procambarus virginalis 

  5.   New Zealand Mud Snail   Potamopyrgus antipodarum 

  6.   Red Swamp Crayfish   Procambarus clarkii O. Reg. 354/16, Table 1; O. Reg. 702/21, s. 10. table 2   prohibited invasive species - plants Item   Common Name   Scientific Name 

  1.   Brazilian Elodea   Egeria densa 

  2.   European Water Chestnut   Trapa natans 

  3.   Hydrilla   Hydrilla verticillata 

  4.   Parrot Feather   Myriophyllum aquaticum 

  5.   Water Soldier   Stratiotes aloides  table 3   Prohibited invasive species - Fish Item   Common Name   Scientific Name 

  1.   Bighead Carp   Hypophthalmichthys nobilis 

  2.   Black Carp   Mylopharyngodon piceus 

  3.   Grass Carp   Ctenopharyngodon idella 

  3.1   Prussian Carp   Carassius gibelio 

  4.   Silver Carp   Hypophthalmichthys molitrix 

  5.   Snakehead, all species in the Snakehead family   All species in the family Channidae 

  6.   Stone Moroko   Pseudorasbora parva 

  6.1   Tench   Tinca tinca 

  7.   Wels Catfish   Silurus glanis 

  8.   Zander   Sander lucioperca O. Reg. 354/16, Table 3; O. Reg. 702/21, s. 11. table 3.1   Prohibited invasive species — insects Item   Common Name   Scientific Name 

  1.   Mountain Pine Beetle   Dendroctonus ponderosae O. Reg. 702/21, s. 12. table 4   restricted invasive species — plants Item   Common Name   Scientific Name 

  1.   Black Dog-strangling Vine   Cynanchum louiseae  

  2.   Bohemian Knotweed   Reynoutria ×bohemica 

  3.   Carolina Fanwort   Cabomba caroliniana 

  4.   Dog-strangling Vine   Cynanchum rossicum 

  5.   European Frog-bit   Hydrocharis morsus-ranae 

  6.   Giant Knotweed   Reynoutria sachalinensis 

  7.   Himalayan Knotweed   Koenigia polystachya 

  8.   Japanese Knotweed   Reynoutria japonica 

  9.   Phragmites   Phragmites australis subsp. australis 

  10.   Yellow Floating Heart   Nymphoides peltata O. Reg. 702/21, s. 13. table 5   restricted invasive species — mammals Item   Common Name   Scientific Name 

  1.   Pig   Sus scrofa O. Reg. 702/21, s. 14.  Français