New York Sea Grant and NYSDEC’s Great Lakes watershed program are hosting a series of public workshops across New York’s Great Lakes basin to provide information on the Great Lakes Action Agenda, to discuss the proposed strategy for implementing the … Continued
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will provide more than $21 million in funding to 25 projects in 13 coastal and Great Lakes states to protect, restore or enhance more than 11,000 acres of coastal wetlands and adjacent upland habitats … Continued
A 107-pound, 69.5-inch paddlefish caught in 1981 by Robert Pranschke of Onawa holds the record as Iowa’s largest official state record fish. An even larger paddlefish speared in the Iowa Great Lakes area in the early 1900’s weighed nearly 200 … Continued
In December, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission congratulated Canada Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea for proposing new regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of harmful invasive species. The recently proposed regulations would prohibit the importation, possession, transportation, and … Continued
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently completed stocking efforts for the 2014 season. A total of 36,228 muskellunge fingerlings were stocked into 21 water bodies located throughout the state. Michigan is home to two strains of naturally producing muskellunge, … Continued