Lee et al. have applied a data-limited model to historic records of commercial catch combined with some basic life history information to estimate the population size of cisco in Lake Erie prior to the collapse of the fishery in the early 20th century. The model uses...
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Cisco Stocking in Lake Erie – NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
This spring, DEC in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, began a ten-year experimental reintroduction of cisco into the New York portion of Lake Erie to determine if they can survive to adulthood in the lake as it exists today. The initial stocking of 90,000 yearlings this May occurred offshore of Dunkirk, NY. The results of this work will help inform future cisco rehabilitation decisions in New York and elsewhere.
Request for Proposals for the GLRI Great Lakes Basin Coregonine Restoration Template
The Coregonine Steering Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2026 fiscal year! See the attached link for guidelines and priorities for the FY26 RFP.
Shallow-water ciscoes gone from Lake Erie for decades may come back from northeastern Pa. | GoErie.com
Efforts are underway to determine if a lost native species of fish in Lake Erie can be reintroduced from its descendants that have been found on the opposite side of Pennsylvania. Doug Fischer, nongame fisheries biologist and ichthyologist for the Pennsylvania Fish...
Request for Proposals for the GLRI Great Lakes Basin Coregonine Restoration Template
The Coregonine Steering Committee is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2025 fiscal year! See the attached link for guidelines and priorities for the FY25 RFP.
Fish of the Week: Bringin’ Bloater Back!
Brian Weidel with the USGS Great Lakes Science Center and Dimitry Gorsky from the FWS Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office are guests on the Fish of the Week! podcast.
SUNY Cortland joins effort to restore native Lake Ontario fish | SUNY Cortland
SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oswego faculty and students are collaborating with the federal Tunison Lake Ontario Biological Station in Cortland and many other agencies and organizations to save a critical piece of the Great Lakes ecosystem. This research project is made...
Cisco explosion in Lake Superior may be largest on record | Duluth News Tribune
DULUTH — A small, native fish in Lake Superior is having a population explosion, great news for the big lake’s ecosystem but maybe a mixed blessing for anglers. The lake’s population of cisco, sometimes called lake herring, have rebounded with a massive group of young...
Anishinaabe tribes work to save Michigan whitefish | Bridge Michigan
Commercial fishers are catching fewer whitefish in parts of the Great Lakes – and the Anishinaabe people are trying to figure out why. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians is looking into low reproduction rates for the fish. Great Lakes whitefish are pretty...
Stocked ciscoes are recaptured in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
During their Fall 2022 survey, US FWS scientists recaptured 49 large ciscoes that were stocked several years earlier at sizes ranging 3-5 inches.
Water test: One fish, two fish – where are all the whitefish? | Holland Sentinel
LANSING — Three men pull a fat-tired wagon filled with scientific equipment through the sand of Muskegon’s Pere Marquette beach. Dressed in layers against the late spring cold, their camo-print chest waders lend a rocking character to their gait not typical of...
Great Lakes fish and fisheries suffer stress of warming climate | Detroit Free Press
The story of the Bay Port Fish Company is only one in the millions of lives, built on the shores of the Great Lakes — the largest freshwater lake system in the world. After the Williams family purchased the Bay Port Fish Company in 1978, they would take their boats...