Catch of the Day
Great Lakes denizen gets nationwide attention
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Cleaner water, fishing limits, stocking programs are credited with beginnings of a recovery.
Climate change
Deadly fish virus returns to northern Michigan hatchery
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The Marquette State Fish Hatchery lost around 100,000 fish in 2012 to the disease, according to a new publication in the American Fisheries Society. Similar losses happened again in 2017.
Wildlife
DNR urges anglers to help slow the spread of fish disease
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A disease that kills one of Michigan’s most popular gamefish appears to be spreading northward, worrying anglers and fisheries managers.
Fish
Study tracks flathead catfish route into Great Lakes
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It has harmed native fish populations elsewhere.
Fish
Michigan natural resource program raises salmon, sells surplus
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Once the DNR’s egg take needs are met, the agency sells surplus salmon to the public.
Wildlife
Toledo zoo announces Maumee River sturgeon program
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The Toledo Zoo is inviting citizens to participate in the reintroduction of the lake sturgeon into the Maumee River.
Echo
Mercury’s match: sex hormones?
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Male sex hormones like testosterone help battle mercury contamination in Great Lakes fish, researchers say.
Wildlife
Fishery managers excited by lake trout’s not-so-picky palate
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Researchers say lake trout have flexible diets–calming fears that the resurgent species is competing with salmon for the dwindling supply of alewife in the Great Lakes.
Fish
Video: slow-motion sturgeon feeding
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Sturgeons project their jawbones from their skulls, creating the suction they need to vacuum food from lake beds.
Catch and release
Catch and release kills many fish
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A new study shows the conservation technique is fatal for some fish.