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Upbeat news on Lake Erie summer algae bloom

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During the annual harmful algal bloom forecast hosted by the Ohio Sea Grant’s Stone Laboratory at Put-in-Bay, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (NOAA) scientist Rick Stumpf predicted that this summer’s harmful algal bloom (HAB) on Lake Erie will be mild. 
Stumpf said that the severity index value is likely to reach a value of 3.0 but could range up to 4.0-4.5 if July is particularly wet. NOAA climate forecasts currently indicate that slightly higher odds of higher-than-average rainfall is expected for western Lake Erie.

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Ohio steps up in fight against invasive carp with fish threatening entry into the Great Lakes

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At the July meeting of the rulemaking Ohio Wildlife Council, John Navarro, the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Aquatic Stewardship Program administrator, explained some of the methods and locations the agency is using to try to prevent what were formerly known as Asian carp from gaining access to the Great Lakes. 
The silver, bighead, and black carp have been spreading within the Mississippi River drainage for decades and are poised to gain entry into the Great Lakes, threatening its $6 billion sport and commercial fishery.

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Are perch in peril in parts of Lake Erie? Ohio Division of Wildlife biologists weigh in

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For many of us, fishing for yellow perch on Lake Erie was the easiest way to fill the freezer each fall for a year’s worth of fish dinners. Beginning on Labor Day weekend, the perch fleet assembled over the flats from the Michigan shoreline to Vermilion until the end of the boating season.
Before the walleye fishing rigs began appearing in the late 1980s, most Lake Erie boats in Ohio were docked in marinas that lined the shorelines throughout this area.

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Severe storm damage closes boardwalk at Ohio’s Maumee Bay State Park

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During the early evening of June 15, several confirmed tornadoes touched down in the northwest, first near Detroit Beach in Monroe County, Mich., and then in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Huron, Seneca, Richland, Ashland, and Wayne counties in Ohio. 
Some of the largest hail seen in many years, as large as at least tennis balls, proved the intensity of the rotation of the super cell updrafts that quickly intensified after the front passed over Western Lake Erie.

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Mayflies have a large effect on Lake Erie fishing

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Each spring and summer, those living or visiting the Lake Erie shoreline deal with a large number of annoying “bugs.” Their nymph or larval stages are produced in staggering numbers in the fertile lake sediments before emerging to reproduce while above the surface.
Of all of the aquatic insects found in Lake Erie, perhaps none have the overall impact that the burrowing mayfly does on coastal towns, fishing techniques, and the food chain. 

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Ohio fish biologists report on status of Lake Erie

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The two Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s Lake Erie Fisheries Research Units have long been releasing their annual Lake Erie fisheries status reports.
Since 2020, it has been split into a shorter, more layman-targeted “angler report” and the longer, more detailed traditional “annual data report.” The 30-page “angler report” recaps last season’s fishing effort, success rates, and harvest of selected Lake Erie species, including walleyes, yellow perch, smallmouth and largemouth bass, and steelhead.
Here’s some of the highlights.

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Early warning for ‘big bloom’ of algae on Western Lake Erie

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In what has become a seasonal service provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science using the data collected by Heidelberg University’s National Center for Water Quality Research, Western Lake Erie’s algae bloom could be moderately severe this summer.
These researchers said that the severity index value could range from 2.5 to 6.0. That is, unless precipitation rates diminish during the rest of the spring, which would allow bloom size to remain smaller.

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