The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking the public’s assistance in gathering information on lake sturgeon. Those who have seen a lake sturgeon in the wild can provide details on their sighting via the Lake Sturgeon DNR Reporting … Continued
In December, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced the totals from its fall fish stocking efforts. The DNR’s Fisheries Division stocked eight different species totaling more than 1,050,000 fish. Fish were stocked at 111 different locations throughout the state. … Continued
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced that approximately 18,500 young lake sturgeon from a streamside sturgeon-rearing facility were stocked in several inland lakes in northern Michigan on Monday, July 1. Selected and prioritized locations that were stocked with the … Continued
In Wisconsin, lake sturgeon populations on several major state rivers are setting significant milestones, according tostate fisheries officials. DNR has confirmed that lake sturgeon from the initial stocking of fall fingerling sturgeon in the 1990s have survived and are living … Continued
To compensate for historical losses of habitat, NOAA and its partners recently constructed a reef across the middle channel of Michigan’s St. Clair River. Even before the construction ended in June, NOAA researchers reported seeing lake sturgeon swimming around the … Continued