Asian carp pose substantial environmental risk to the Great Lakes if they become established there, according to a recent bi-national Canadian and United States risk assessment. Two species of Asian carp, bighead and silver carps, pose an environmental risk to … Continued
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to reduce Chinook salmon stocking in Lake Huron by more than half in 2012, compared to 2011 levels. The DNR plans to stock 693,000 spring Chinook fingerlings in 2012, down from almost 1.5 … Continued
The Lake Erie Committee, a binational board of fishery managers from Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, and Pennsylvania, recommended a 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of 3.487 million walleye and 13.637 million pounds of yellow perch. Harvest levels for 2012 … Continued
Warm weather and the appearance of migrating walleye in the Maumee and Sandusky rivers has triggered some early fishing opportunities, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. An annual phenomenon in northwest Ohio occurs each … Continued
The Allegheny National Fish Hatchery in Warren, Pennsylvania, is once gain producing lake trout for stocking in the lower Great Lakes. In November, approximately 2,200 juvenile lake trout from a Massachusetts hatechery were relocated to Allegheny National Fish Hatchery. The … Continued