DNR to change trout stocking in Lake Superior
Minnesota DNR Reports
March 15, 2018
Genetically screened steelhead will replace Kamloops in effort to bolster fishing opportunities and protect steelhead.
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Illinois city eyes $20 million federal grant to restore bay, fish habitats
Associated Press
March 13, 2018
QUINCY, Ill. — A western Illinois city is asking for a $20 million federal grant to restore its natural fish habitats. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports the city of Quincy is asking Washington to pay for
California salmon will have places to chill with dam removal
Associated Press
March 12, 2018
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ranks winter-run Chinook as one of eight marine species most at risk of extinction.
Report: In Alaska, hatchery salmon harvest low as wild stocks return
Associated Press
March 12, 2018
KODIAK, Alaska — Hatchery-produced salmon accounted for 21 percent of Alaska’s commercial harvest last year, the lowest percentage since 1995, according to a state report. The report by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Researchers: Shorter winters may increase presence of harmful algae blooms – and impact fishing
Associated Press
March 12, 2018
MOUND, Minn. — University of Minnesota-Duluth researchers are studying how shorter winters may increase the presence of harmful algae blooms and impact fishing. The researchers worked with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of
Behemoth carp among new record fish in Vermont
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
March 7, 2018
New state records also set for cisco and redhorse sucker in 2017.
DNR continues to see swell in Master Angler numbers
Michigan DNR
March 7, 2018
Nearly 2,200 anglers representing 24 states and Canada submitted catches recognized in the state’s Master Angler program, a significant increase over 2016.
Thousands of fish dead after winter kill in three eastern Iowa lakes
Iowa DNR
March 6, 2018
SOLON, Iowa — The Iowa DNR received reports of dead fish in Terry Trueblood Lake in Iowa City, and Mohawk Park Lake and Cedar Lake in Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 27. DNR fisheries staff found
Group calls for fishing ban to protect Idaho steelheads
Associated Press
March 5, 2018
LEWISTON, Idaho — Fisheries managers should shut down steelhead fishing in the Columbia and Snake river basins to protect a wild run that returns to Idaho’s Clearwater River, according to a conservation group. The Conservation
