Tag: fish
Meeting to address Maumee River fish, wildlife improvements near Towpath Park – Great Lakes Commission
Maumee, Ohio, area residents are being asked to weigh in on $2 million to $5 million of fish and wildlife habitat improvements planned for the Maumee River near the city’s […]
Michigan trying new approaches against invasive crayfish – Great Lakes Commission
Researchers are exploring new techniques to remove an invasive crayfish from Michigan waters, including pesticide treatments, introducing predatory fish, adding lights to traps, and increasing public awareness. Read the full […]
What fish can you eat from the Great Lakes? – Great Lakes Commission
The New York State Department of Health has released new fish consumption guidelines for Great Lakes connected waterways. Read the full story by WGRZ – Buffalo, NY.
US Fish and Wildlife crew searches for sea lamprey larvae at Boardman River – Great Lakes Commission
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife service crew is preparing to look for sea lamprey larvae in the Boardman River. It’s the first step in sea lamprey control: finding which Great […]
New invasive fish detected in northeastern Ontario, near Sault Ste. Marie – Great Lakes Commission
The Eurasian ruffe is suspected to be spreading east along the northern shores of Lake Erie and has been recently confirmed just outside of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and the […]
Michigan program helps hobbyists safely rehome aquatic flora and fauna | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson Don’t flush that unwanted goldfish – find it a new home instead. Home aquariums and water gardening are two of the many routes invasive species take to enter Michigan habitats. A Michigan State University Extension program provides educational materials and resources for rehoming unwanted aquatic pets. Reduce Invasive Pet and Plant Escapes […]
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Michigan trying new approaches against invasive crayfish | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson Researchers are exploring new techniques to remove an invasive crayfish from Michigan waters. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been fighting an invasion of red swamp crayfish since they first appeared in the state in 2017. Aggressive attempts to trap and remove the crustacean haven’t worked. Kathleen Quebedeaux, a fisheries biologist […]
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Lake Erie Charter Life | Great Lakes Now
Captains were few and far between in 1979, when Tibbels Marina in Marblehead, Ohio got into the fishing charter business on Lake Erie. A few years earlier, in 1975, the state had 46 captains on Lake Erie. A few years later, when the Tibbels family launched its first boat, there were about 156.
Great Lakes Learning: All about aquaculture | Great Lakes Now
This lesson will explore the phenomenon of whitefish population decline in the Jordan River by Green Bay, Wisconsin. Whitefish are an important source of food and commerce in the Great Lakes, but for over a century the population has been in flux due to a number of factors ranging from human impact to invasive species and climate change.
Search along Lake Huron shoreline continues for missing men
Fifteen volunteers searched the Lake Huron shoreline Sunday for signs of two men missing since 1995 and one man missing since January, but had no luck. Kirk Weidemann and Erwyn Cecil “Rody” Lippett went for an evening fishing trip in the lake July 21, 1995 and never returned. They left their Brucedale Conservation campsite about 8 p.m. Their […]