Tag: fish
A brief history of FishPass – Great Lakes Commission
After many years of planning, a state-of-the-art scientific facility has broken ground in Traverse City, Michigan. FishPass is an experimental fish passage system that will replace the aging Union Street […]
Sault Tribe restocks U.P. waterways with walleye, whitefish – Great Lakes Commission
According to legend, the whitefish were once “so bountiful in the St Mary’s River Rapids that you could walk on their backs.” Now, the fish are struggling to survive. But this month, […]
Great Lakes 360 living museum opens in Niagara Falls – Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes 360 living museum is now open in Niagara Falls, New York. It is located inside the former Gorge Discovery Center at Niagara Falls State Park. There are […]
Sault Tribe restocks U.P. waterways with walleye, whitefish | Bridge Michigan
Fish are important to the culture and heritage of Michiganâs Native Americans. One tribe is investing to restore species that have declined in recent decades….
As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing | Great Lakes Now
By Melina Walling and John Locher, Associated Press
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Chilly nights on northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage don’t deter 15-year-old spearfisher Gabe Bisonette. He’s been learning the Ojibwe practice for so long now that when his headlamp illuminates the eye-shine of his quarry, he can communicate the sighting to his dad with hardly a word.