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After Bay City Western Middle School students in Michigan watched and cared for about 150 Chinook salmon that started out as eggs and grew to about two to two and a […]
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A viral social media post claiming two great white sharks are headed for the Great Lakes is making the rounds and it’s completely false. Great Lakes waters are too cold […]
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In the deepest part of Lake Superior, a quarter mile below the surface, researchers are discovering a growing number of extraordinarily thin lake trout that weigh about half their typical, […]
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, along with conservation partners Ducks Unlimited and the National Audubon Society, recently completed a project to improve 50 acres of Lake Ontario […]
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Suckers are among the most abundant and least appreciated species in the Great Lakes region. Sometimes described as the “wildebeests of the Great Lakes,” they make large spring migrations from […]
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According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Little Manistee River Weir in Stronach, Michigan—the sole source of winter-run steelhead eggs for fish hatcheries in Michigan, Indiana and […]
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Suckers are among the most abundant fish species in the Great Lakes region, they undertake large spring migrations from the lakes into tributary streams to spawn, creating one of the […]
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The Fish Hatchery at Powder Mills Park in Pittsford, New York, released thousands of Atlantic salmon into Irondequoit Creek this week as part of an effort to restore the species […]
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Local award-winning filmmakers will take viewers into one of the least accessible and visually striking areas of the Great Lakes on Earth Day. On April 22, Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick of Inspired Planet Productions will use a cutting-edge underwater robot to take viewers into the fish-filled waters surrounding the
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By Samantha Ku
A newly restored reef at Channel Island in Saginaw Bay is intended to support native fish spawning and increase their numbers, ensuring the sustainability of local fisheries. Construction to restore the nearshore fish spawning reef ended last October.
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The Ohio Division of Wildlife on Thursday announced the daily catch limits for Lake Erie’s two primary sport fish—walleye and yellow perch—will remain unchanged for Ohio waters for the year […]