Commentary: It’s tough times for Michigan’s Great Lakes steelhead

Times are tough for the steelhead in lakes Michigan and Huron and they may get tougher.

Invasive quagga mussels now carpet the bottoms of both lakes and their filter feeding has greatly reduced the plankton levels. This in turn has reduced the availability of food for alewives, the primary forage for the lakes’ salmon and trout.

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