In partnership with New York Sea Grant, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced $192,000 in grants for nine projects to help Great Lakes coastal communities enhance their resiliency and protect water quality. Grants will be awarded … Continued
The Lake Michigan Committee recently proposed a lake-wide reduction of 62 percent in the number of Chinook salmon stocked into Lake Michigan. The proposal followed extensive consultation with angler groups and other stakeholders, and more than three years of research … Continued
The Government of Canada is making an investment in new infrastructure to help prevent the spread of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes and their tributaries. The additional $8 million investment over two years to the Great Lakes Fishery … Continued
A graduate student at The University of Toledo is the first researcher to find direct proof of grass carp, a type of invasive Asian carp, spawning in a Great Lakes tributary. Holly Embke collected eight grass carp eggs last summer … Continued
Michigan’s Lake Superior Chinook salmon fishery is being fueled almost entirely from natural reproduction, according to Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Data show more than 99 percent of the Lake Superior Chinook salmon caught by anglers are wild. All … Continued