Tag: "great lakes"
Oppose Great Lakes Fish Farming
By editor on Jan 28, 2016 | In Legislation, Environment, Planning, Fisheries Management, Fishing | Send feedback »
Proposals have been made to allow large-scale commercial fish farming in the Great Lakes. There are now legislative bills introduced for this. Now is the time for you to voice your opinion to your legislators. more »
Lake Michigan Round Goby To Be Targeted By Underwater Cannon
By editor on Dec 30, 2011 | In Invasive Species, Species related, Fisheries Management | Send feedback »
Scientists want to know if an underwater cannon can protect valuable Great Lakes fish from a greedy predator. The round goby is an exotic species that hangs around spawning beds, gobbling up eggs of native varieties such as lake trout and whitefish that are important to the fishing industry. more »
Asian Carp, Eh? Canada to Fight Back Against Invasive Fish
By editor on Oct 6, 2010 | In Environment, Cleanup, Invasive Species, Species related | Send feedback »
Hockey prowess, health care norms and the correct way to pronounce the letter O. On these fundamental disagreements, Canadians and Americans might never see eye-to-eye. But where invasive species of fish are concerned, researchers in the two countries are ready to team up and fight back more »
Live Asian Carp Found Past Barrier in Lake Calumet Illinois
By editor on Jun 24, 2010 | In Legislation, Environment, MI Dept of Natural Resources, Invasive Species, US Federal Government, Endangered Species | Send feedback »
A bighead carp has been found in Illinois' Lake Calumet, about six miles north of an electric barrier set up to stop the invasive fish from entering the Great Lakes more »