Tag: fish
I Speak for the Fish: The Quest for a Largemouth | Great Lakes Now
I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing – Great Lakes Commission
As a result of warming waters, increasingly variable seasonal changes and lakeshore development, walleye numbers in some lakes are dwindling. Losing the species would mean losing a food source for […]
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.
Great Lakes Learning: Bringing back buffalo reef | Great Lakes Now
This lesson will explore the phenomenon of stamp sand deposition in the Buffalo Reef near the Traverse Bay area of Lake Superior. Native fish species use this ecosystem to spawn in the Great Lakes, but the remnants of copper mine waste are threatening their populations—and the people who depend on fishing for their livelihood.
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe’s fish program releases 1M walleye into Michigan waterways – Great Lakes Commission
Since 1995, The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians’ fish-rearing program has introduced 20 million walleye into the ecosystem. This year, over one million walleye and 45,421 whitefish were […]
‘Rock Snot’ threatens Michigan’s aquatic ecosystems – Great Lakes Commission
Michigan rivers continue to face an ecological threat known as didymo (Didymosphenia geminata), commonly referred to as “rock snot”. By covering streambeds, didymo displaces crucial food sources for fish such […]