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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.

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.

UWSP researcher Jared Homola describes the genetic structure of lake whitefish in Lake Michigan and its application to lake whitefish management units.

Mike Lowe of USGS presents his findings of what reefs contribute to the current lake whitefish fishery around Buffalo Reef, Lake Superior. By looking at differences between historical spawning sites and those used today, he creates comparisons of habitat quality and questions prey availability.

Todd Hayden (Michigan State University) describes the seasonal movements and habitat use of the shorthead cisco in the Les Cheneaux Islands of Lake Huron. Joseph Schmitt (USGS) presents on behalf of Richard Kraus on the movement, habitat use, and survival of hatchery-reared ciscoes in Lake Erie.

USGS researchers Andrew Honsey and Ralph Tingley III describe habitat use and migratory behaviors of Great Lakes cisco in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan…

Recent Lakehead University graduate, Dr. Ryan Grow presents some of his dissertation work regarding acoustic sampling. He compared up-and-down-looking acoustics to traditional gillnet surveys. He estimated cisco abundances and fish movements, concluding that...

David “Bo” Bunnell, USGS researcher describes the many examples of coregonine research globally. He explains…

Carl Schreck from Oregon State University explains the challenges and successes of propagating a variety of salmonid species.

Listen to Dan Yule (USGS) talk about the comprehensive sampling strategies implored during 2022 that led to finding a historic year class of coregonids in Lake Superior. Novel genomic analyses were used to identify larval and age-0 coregonids, overcoming longstanding...

Ph. D candidate Nicole Berry of Miami University – Ohio takes us into a glimpse of her doctoral dissertation research on the potential effects of ultraviolet radiation on coregonine eggs and larvae.

Ben Rook of the Michigan DNR presents his research on historical cisco populations, highlighting the effects of overfishing, rainbow smelt, and bottom hypoxia in the bays and upper Great Lakes. Here he gives estimates of abundance during the Late 1940s and Early...

Kelly Hoyer, a Ph. D candidate at Central Michigan University, talks about her work on larval Lake Whitefish and Cisco. She compares the two species and their interactions with various predators and how the two fish differ....

Alexander Duncan from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation describes the historical significance of ciscoes to the SON and the relevance these fish still hold today with their current population status. https://youtu.be/qEUk7Ydnra4?si=dxw7H4CEh59Qf9Ew

Cory Brant (USGS) details the history of coregonines in the Laurentian Great Lakes, the importance they held, factors contributing to their decline, and how he has created a database to archive this data, CORHIST. https://youtu.be/Q-Xq3v0_mOQ?si=w6WqG3hIeLSJSLgH

Alex Koeberle, Cornell University Ph. D student, describes tracking ciscoes in a fingerling lake in New York. He discusses the potential size/cost benefits of stocking age-0 ciscoes, and how he tracks fish using traces of their DNA left in the water....

Jory Jonas and Ben Turschak from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources present their ongoing research about the shift being seen in ciscoes' diets. They compare the differences diet may have on body size and isotope composition....

Drs. Amanda Ackiss and Owen Gorman discuss the phenotypic and genotypical variances of the cisco species found in Lake Superior, and compare how these match up to historically categorized forms. https://youtu.be/XbP7_wI_oNs?si=aTHXGz8BArcUTZPs

Andrew Honsey (USGS) and Taylor Brown (Cornell) present on new efforts to understand coregonine population dynamics in the Great Lakes. https://youtu.be/Ype0eNm22aE?si=0aEaIoxSfuj_1qO2

Presented by Philine Feulner (EAWAG).

Presented by Trevor Krabbenhoft (University at Buffalo).

Brian Weidel (USGS) presents on the effect of substrate on coregonine spawning success.

Sean Rooney (Inland Fisheries Ireland) presents on the ecology of coregonine’s in Ireland’s Great Lakes.