Michigan researchers make breakthrough that could advance lake sturgeon conservation efforts

Michigan researchers make breakthrough that could advance lake sturgeon conservation efforts
Great Lakes Commission
Michigan researchers have refined genetic testing that can more reliably determine the sex of lake sturgeon, particularly in young fish and outside the spawning season. The breakthrough could aid conservation […]
Michigan researchers have refined genetic testing that can more reliably determine the sex of lake sturgeon, particularly in young fish and outside the spawning season. The breakthrough could aid conservation […]
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Senate advances bills on game warden warrants, snagging fish in Pa.

Senate advances bills on game warden warrants, snagging fish in Pa.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers advanced bills that would require game wardens to obtain a warrant or meet a recognized exception before entering private property and would establish penalties for illegally snagging or […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers advanced bills that would require game wardens to obtain a warrant or meet a recognized exception before entering private property and would establish penalties for illegally snagging or […]
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Senate advances bills on game warden warrants, snagging fish in Pa.

Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters
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More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Treated lake water is laden with microplastics, which are toxic chemicals […]
More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Treated lake water is laden with microplastics, which are toxic chemicals […]
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

Hikers’ tip to Michigan DNR hotline leads to rescue of 27 stranded sturgeon

Hikers’ tip to Michigan DNR hotline leads to rescue of 27 stranded sturgeon
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Hikers spotted stranded lake sturgeon in a low-water channel of Michigan’s Ontonagon River, prompting three rescue missions that ultimately saved 27 threatened fish. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw […]
Hikers spotted stranded lake sturgeon in a low-water channel of Michigan’s Ontonagon River, prompting three rescue missions that ultimately saved 27 threatened fish. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw […]
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Hikers’ tip to Michigan DNR hotline leads to rescue of 27 stranded sturgeon

Salmon River Fish Hatchery to hold open house on Saturday

Salmon River Fish Hatchery to hold open house on Saturday
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The Salmon River Fish Hatchery in Altmar, New York, will host an open house on Saturday, giving visitors an opportunity to tour the facility, learn about salmon and trout conservation […]
The Salmon River Fish Hatchery in Altmar, New York, will host an open house on Saturday, giving visitors an opportunity to tour the facility, learn about salmon and trout conservation […]
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Salmon River Fish Hatchery to hold open house on Saturday

Special bag and size limits approved to aid struggling walleye populations in Wisconsin

Special bag and size limits approved to aid struggling walleye populations in Wisconsin
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can now set special bag and size limits for fishing in lakes where walleye populations are struggling. Under the rule, the DNR could more […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can now set special bag and size limits for fishing in lakes where walleye populations are struggling. Under the rule, the DNR could more […]
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Michigan has spent nearly 10 years mapping PFAS. Now comes the hard part

Michigan has spent nearly 10 years mapping PFAS. Now comes the hard part
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To date, Michigan has collected a massive amount of environmental samples — water, soil, fish tissue and others — and identified about 350 sites where PFAS levels in groundwater exceeds […]
To date, Michigan has collected a massive amount of environmental samples — water, soil, fish tissue and others — and identified about 350 sites where PFAS levels in groundwater exceeds […]
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Michigan has spent nearly 10 years mapping PFAS. Now comes the hard part

What fish eat can reveal changes in Lake Superior’s food web

What fish eat can reveal changes in Lake Superior’s food web
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A fish carcass that might otherwise be disposed of may instead help fisheries biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources better understand Lake Superior’s ecosystem and dynamic food web. […]
A fish carcass that might otherwise be disposed of may instead help fisheries biologists with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources better understand Lake Superior’s ecosystem and dynamic food web. […]
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What fish eat can reveal changes in Lake Superior’s food web

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam
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Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
Fisheries experts began using a fish elevator at the Menominee Dam in Wisconsin in 2015 to help bolster the Great Lakes sturgeon population. Researchers work together each spring and fall […]
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Watch lake sturgeon ride an elevator at an Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam

Lake Erie’s baby sturgeon are thriving a year after release

Lake Erie’s baby sturgeon are thriving a year after release
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Early tracking data shows many of the young fish released last year are staying near the Cuyahoga River – and growing fast. Read the full story by Signal Cleveland.
Early tracking data shows many of the young fish released last year are staying near the Cuyahoga River – and growing fast. Read the full story by Signal Cleveland.
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Lake Erie’s baby sturgeon are thriving a year after release

Restoring sturgeon to the Cuyahoga River: Round 2

Restoring sturgeon to the Cuyahoga River: Round 2
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Another round of sturgeon stocking is planned for the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, this Saturday as state, local and federal agencies continue their effort to return the once-native Lake Erie fish […]
Another round of sturgeon stocking is planned for the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, this Saturday as state, local and federal agencies continue their effort to return the once-native Lake Erie fish […]
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Restoring sturgeon to the Cuyahoga River: Round 2

Invasive carp get closer to Lake Michigan as project to halt their spread is ordered to stop

Invasive carp get closer to Lake Michigan as project to halt their spread is ordered to stop
Great Lakes Echo
By Anna Barnes Invasive carp are spawning closer to Lake Michigan, but the federal government halted a construction project aimed to stop the fish from spreading without explanation.
By Anna Barnes Invasive carp are spawning closer to Lake Michigan, but the federal government halted a construction project aimed to stop the fish from spreading without explanation.
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Invasive carp get closer to Lake Michigan as project to halt their spread is or…
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