Katie Anweiler

Scott Koenigbauer describes the last ten years of cisco stocking efforts in Lake Huron. He outlines the history of cisco declines, the milestones achieved by the stocking program, the associated uncertainties, and the path moving forward....

Taylor Skiles (Michigan DNR), Matt Herbert (The Nature Conservancy), and Dave Clapp (The Nature Conservancy) presented their work on “Northern Lake Michigan Reef Evaluation and Prioritization.” The project mapped several Lake Michigan reefs and conducted standardized...

Dr. Clare Venney (University of Alberta) provides an overview of how epigenomic mechanisms such as DNA methylation affect gene expression and phenotype in response to environmental changes. She details how she has used epigenomic tools to study salmonids, capelin,...

Alex Gatch (USGS) presents his research on efforts to stocking bloater in Lake Ontario. He covers testing factors including temperature, handling, light, and exhaustion that contribute to overall stress and mortality during stocking events.

Bill Carter (USFWS) describes his master’s work on the broad whitefish, the second largest coregonine species.

Randy Brown (USFWS – retired) presents on 30 years worth of research and experience working with the Yukon River Inconnu, the world’s largest coregonine.

Kristen Behrens (University of Michigan) delivers hot off the press data about genomics markers that could possibly determine sex in ciscoes.

Dr. Dan Isermann (University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point) presents on his research on Understanding the behavior and importance of lake whitefish spawning in tributaries to southern Green Bay.

Taylor Brown (Cornell), provides an in depth look at the variables potentially driving recruitment dynamics of the cisco and lake whitefish within…

Todd Hayden (Michigan State University) and Joseph Schmitt (USGS) discussing movement and habitat use of cisco in Lakes Huron and Erie.

Katelyn King (MDNR) presents her work with the Gap Analysis science team identifying historical and contemporary cisco spawning habitat in Lakes Erie and Ontario. Laura Lee (USFWS) discusses newly created predictive models that give insight into the population...

Corbin Hilling and Robin DeBruyne of USGS present their findings of new spawning locations of lake whitefish in Lake Erie. They also describe over-wintering conditions on a known spawning reef such as ice effects and hydrodynamics.

Cory Brant, Jim McKenna, Jon Doubek, Nikki Berry, and Steve Pothoven explain the importance of nursery habitat to lake whitefish.

Trevor Pitcher from the University of Windsor explains his research regarding the challenges of producing fish in hatcheries, from gamete quality to transport stress. He teaches us the history and future of fish hatcheries and reintroduction programs.

Kyle Stratton of OMNR and Alex Gatch of USGS give subsequent presentations about behaviors of ciscoes in Lakes Superior and Ontario. They will talk about challenges with these fish, tagging in the winter, and what the telemetry data tells us.