The Lake Ontario Committee (LOC) recently announced trout and salmon stocking reductions in response to conclusive evidence of two successive years of poor alewife reproduction. The stocking reductions, which are moderate in size, are intended to help reduce predatory demand … Continued
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently released final totals from its spring and summer fish-stocking efforts. In 2016, DNR’s Fisheries Division stocked a total of 33,308,068 fish. The total increased from 2015 when stocking efforts totaled nearly 25 … Continued
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging anglers to aid critical fisheries research by donating the heads of trout and salmon they harvest. The heads of stocked Chinook salmon and lake trout are being sought as part of … Continued
Research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and partners suggests that Paleo-ice streams, or corridors within ice sheets that move more quickly than surrounding ice, may have formed much of the egg-laying habitat for critical fish species in Lake Huron … Continued
This season, NOAA and its research partners are predicting a smaller harmful algal bloom for western Lake Erie. The 2016 bloom is expected to measure 5.5 on the severity index, but could range anywhere between 3.0 and 7.0. The forecast … Continued