{"id":157,"date":"2014-11-24T23:50:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T23:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rotenone.fisheries.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2019-04-05T19:35:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T19:35:34","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/units.fisheries.org\/rotenone-stewardship\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Rotenone Stewardship Program Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fishery managers rely on a wide variety of tools for the management and assessment of fish populations to maintain diverse and productive aquatic ecosystems and high quality recreational fisheries. One of the most valuable tools is rotenone, a chemical commonly used by fishery professionals throughout North America since 1947 to control fish and as a sampling aid.<\/p>\n

Over the past several years, the use of rotenone has become a concern to a variety of interests including environmental and animal rights groups. As a result, its use has been challenged, halted, or discouraged. In 1993, the AFS recognized a need to respond to increased concerns and established the “Rotenone Stewardship Program”. In 2000, Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Federal Aid administrative funding was used to prepare and produce a manual on rotenone use for fisheries managers, and in 2010 as a result of the 2007 USEPA reregistration process for rotenone, that manual was revised and expanded using Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Fish and Wildlife Management and Habitat Restoration funds to the Rotenone SOP Manual.\u00a0 \u00a0The Rotenone SOP Manual was recently revised into a 2nd Edition in 2018.The use of rotenone and other fish management substances is the only method, other than complete draining, that can consistently eliminate entire populations of fishes. Complete elimination of fish is often needed to accomplish management objectives such as eradicating undesirable and alien invasive fish, eradicating competing fish in rearing facilities, treating drainages prior to impoundment, restoring threatened or endangered species, and eliminating fish to control diseases. Rotenone is the only sampling method that provides for an accurate estimate of diverse fish communities.<\/p>\n

Product stewardship is a concept where environmental protection centers on the prudent use of the product and everyone involved in the use of the product is asked to take responsibility for reducing its environmental impact. \u00a0Actions include treating at effective but not excessive levels, treating when environmental conditions will limit non-target impacts, carefully considering public input, improving the public\u2019s understanding of why rotenone projects are needed, and deactivating rotenone containing water leaving the treatment area.\u00a0 This concept is a natural fit for the piscicide rotenone since its use can be controversial because of environmental and public health concerns. \u00a0Not practicing stewardship often results in time-consuming public relations and environmental regulatory problems.<\/p>\n

The Rotenone Stewardship Program is made possible, from a partnership between AFS and the primary rotenone registrant Central Life Sciences.<\/p>\n

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