B. Finlayson, R. Schnick, R. L. Cailteux
Jun 1, 2002
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Fisheries
Abstract
Abstract Fisheries managers and catfish farmers have used the piscicide antimycin A (antimycin) as a management tool for about 35 years. In 1993, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under the authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, required the reregistration of antimycin and the completion of expensive environmental fate and residue studies. To justify the expense, we investigated the potential of antimycin as a piscicide in North America and its potential for reregistration in the United States by (a) surveying government agencies and private catfish farmers, (b) analyzing the literature, and (c) determining the feasibility of completing the studies required for reregistration. Sales data indicate that agencies use about 5 kg of antimycin annually (one-quarter of sales), and catfish farmers use the remainder. Catfish farmers use antimycin to remove scaled fish from production ponds, and agencies now use the limited amount of antimycin in western and mid...