In Michigan, musky program put on hold due to disease concerns
Michigan DNR decision due to recent fish kills in Lake St. Clair that are attributed to a confirmed, widespread infection of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus.
Great Lakes
Budget deal calls for releasing Asian carp prevention report
The report involves possible upgrades of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam near Joliet, Ill., a choke point between the carp-infested Illinois River and Lake Michigan.
Remember to pack this special gear when fishing on the Great Lakes
Be sure to have these common-sense items aboard whenever you’re fishing on the Great Lakes.
Fish stocking continues to give Michigan fisheries a boost
Over the course of a typical year, the DNR will stock roughly 26 million fish weighing nearly 350 tons, including eight species of trout and salmon and three coolwater strains of walleye and muskellunge.
Bill would continue effort to keep trash out of Great Lakes
Would target solid waste ranging from plastic bits to fishing nets and even abandoned vessels that wash up on U.S. shores.
Michigan remains at forefront of steelhead-growing movement
Since 1968, the Little Manistee River weir has served as the sole source of winter-run steelhead eggs for fish hatcheries in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Yearling steelhead produced through hatchery operations are stocked in select tributaries of all the Great Lakes.
Republicans join Democrats against Trump’s Great Lakes cuts
President’s spending plan says it “returns the responsibility for funding local environmental efforts and programs to state and local entities, allowing EPA to focus on its highest national priorities.”
Early season on Great Lakes?
Good fishing is anticipated in all of Michigan’s Great Lakes waters.
Great Lakes fund has aided Ohio’s algae fight, river cleanup
But under a tentative plan, several programs would see steep cuts and money for the Great Lakes initiative would be all but eliminated.
Ballast inspections aid fight against AIS in Great Lakes
Discharges from ocean-going ships inspected by Coast Guard.
Great Lakes mayors’ group warns against cuts to ecological initiative
Potential cuts would slash annual funding for the $300 million program to $10 million.
Got an idea for keeping Asian carp out of Great Lakes?
Michigan to offer prize in fight against invasive species.
Gyres in the Great Lakes?
Could the 22 million pounds of plastic trash that end up in the Great Lakes each year create gyres in our inland oceans?
Plan delayed for keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes
The question of how to keep the carp from reaching the lake has divided the region. Some states, including Michigan, want barriers placed in the Chicago waterways, which Illinois and Indiana say would disrupt cargo shipping.
Lawmakers again target wolf protections
Meanwhile, both sides in the debate are waiting for a federal appeals court to decide whether to uphold lower court rulings that put wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Wyoming back on the list or to let the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service return management of the species to the states.
Monarch migration stronghold turns 105
Located in Lake Michigan, off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, this essential stopover habitat for birds and other migratory species consists of five islands and is framed by two states — Wisconsin and Michigan.
Bill would prohibit fish farming in U.S. Great Lakes waters
Bill also would ban aquaculture on rivers designated as wild and scenic, unless the facilities are shown not to discharge pollutants into the rivers.
Invasive aquatic weed cropping up across Great Lakes region
The weed mats can be a nuisance to boaters and anglers, and scientists also concerned about starry stonewort’s potential to harm native plants, fish habitats and other aquatic ecosystems.
Limestone dumped into Detroit River for sturgeon habitat
Experts say reefs are attracting egg-laying females, but because sturgeon mature slowly, it could take decades to determine whether efforts are boosting population.
Federal agencies budget $42M for Asian carp prevention
Includes further study of ways to fortify defenses on a carp-infested Illinois waterway leading to Lake Michigan
Scientists propose ways to measure Great Lakes water quality
Additionally, the researchers call for close monitoring of invasive Asian carp, which might out-compete native fish species if they infest the Great Lakes.
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