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(MI) The Mudpuppy – Remedial dredging of the Saginaw River in 2000 and 2001 has apparently resulted in lower levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in walleye. A study on an 80 percent drop in fish sampled in 1996 and 2007 has been published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. More
(MI) Detroit Free Press – One of Michigan’s most successful commercial fishermen is suing the state to try to overcome a decades-old ban on catching walleye in the Great Lakes. Dana Serafin of Pinconning is forced to release thousands of walleye from his nets while catching other fish in Lake Huron. In 2008, he proposed a three-year study of the walleye population that included a provision for him to keep and sell some of his haul. More
(IL) Chicago Tribune – The fishermen along the Illinois and Indiana shore don’t mind the cold when yellow perch flirt with a line like they did Monday. They don’t mind much of anything if the fish are biting. And that’s why they’re worried about the Asian carp. “We’d sure hate for some of those fish to get in Lake Michigan,” said Eddie Hudson, 60, fishing near where the Cal-Sag Channel meets Lake Michigan. “They would kill off practically everything.”
(ON) Toronto Star – In a cross-Canada investigation, fish sold as wild Pacific salmon turned out to be farmed Atlantic salmon. Sea bass was actually endangered Patagonian toothfish, marketed as Chilean sea bass, which is a different species. Cheaper skipjack was substituted for sushi grade tuna. Tilapia stood in for snapper and even white tuna. “Bluefish” from a Chinatown shop turned out to be a species of herring that’s not even listed in the official database of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
(MI) The Petosky News Review – The Department of Natural Resources is trying to inform the Northern Michigan community about an order for a zero-bag limit for Walleye on Mullett Lake in Cheboygan County and the complicated numbers surrounding the tentative decision. After issuing a memo earlier this week, stating that the five tribes under the 2007 Inland Consent Decree were requesting their full allocated amount Walleye fishing and thus causing the state to close walleye fishing on Mullett Lake, the DNR is attempting to correct its choice of words. More
(OH) The Toledo Blade – The mighty lake sturgeon – an odd-looking North American fish that has been on Earth no fewer than 150 million years and that coexisted with dinosaurs for at least 85 million years – is making a comeback in the Great Lakes region after nearly going extinct in the early 1900s.
Lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon worldwide but one of only three that spends its entire life in fresh water. Most others live at sea, seeking out fresh water to spawn. More
By Sarah Coefield
Oct. 15, 2009
The Great Lakes teem with fish, but anglers looking to them for their next meal should be cautious. The fish contain an array of contaminants, including some known to threaten human health. Methyl mercury inhibits brain development. PCBs can suppress the immune system and thyroid development and may cause cancer. The contaminants have lead to consumption advisories on many popular fish species, such as walleye, lake trout and salmon.
(TX) FishingWorld.com – A sweeping oceans and Great Lakes management policy document proposed by the Obama Administration will have a significant impact on the sportfishing industry, America’s saltwater anglers and the nation’s coastal communities. The draft policy, the Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, issued on September 17, will govern federal Pacific and Atlantic Ocean waters and Great Lakes resource conservation and management and will coordinate these efforts among federal, state and local agencies. This past June, President Obama created the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), to develop a draft national policy and implementation strategy for conserving and managing the United States ocean territory and the Great Lakes. More
Editors note: This story is part of a series relevant to the International Joint Commissions biennial meeting next Wednesday and Thursday in Windsor. Two approaches to keep ravenous carp and other invasive species out of Lake Michigan are gaining ground, but both could be years from completion. Electrical barriers in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal are the only obstacles keeping silver carp and other aquatic invasive species from entering the lake. The carp could harm native Great Lakes fish that use similar resources. And silver carp can injure boaters when they jump out of the water.
(WI) Indian Country Today – In olden days, Clarissa Welds, an elder of Lake Superior, as she calls herself, never worried about how many fish she ate. “It was the way of our ancestors. We were fisherman, and Mother Earth gave us what we needed to survive. We didn’t have to worry if the food was safe,” said the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians citizen. More