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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...