With no time to spare, Michigan hatches a Great Lakes whitefish rescue plan
- Doug Craven, natural resources director for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, emphasized the urgent need to save genetic stocks of Great Lakes whitefish this year.
- There is concern that if action is not taken this year, there may not be enough wild whitefish left to support future rescue and conservation efforts.
- State and tribal scientists will collect spawning whitefish this fall, supported by funds from the state budget and the Great Lakes Fishery Trust.
- Whitefish are indicators of ecosystem health and are affected by invasive quagga mussels, which dominate the food web in all Great Lakes except Superior.
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With no time to spare, Michigan hatches a Great Lakes whitefish rescue plan
With time running out to save the Great Lakes’ whitefish from a deadly mussel invasion, Michigan officials have a moonshot plan to pluck fish from Lake Michigan and breed them in captivity.
Michigan launches plan to rescue Great Lakes whitefish – The Horn...
With time running out to save the Great Lakes’ whitefish from a deadly mussel invasion, Michigan officials have a moonshot plan to pluck fish from Lake Michigan and breed them in captivity. With sustained money, effort and luck, the fish’s offspring could one day help repopulate the lake after humans... Read More The post Michigan launches plan to rescue Great Lakes whitefish appeared first on The Horn News - Proudly American, Fiercely Independ…
With no time to spare, Michigan hatches a Great Lakes whitefish rescue
With time running out to save the Great Lakes’ whitefish from a deadly mussel invasion, Michigan officials have a moonshot plan to pluck fish from Lake Michigan and breed them in captivity. With sustained money, effort and
Michigan Races To Save Great Lakes Whitefish Before Wild Stocks Vanish
Michigan officials are moving to pull whitefish out of Lake Michigan and raise them in captivity, a last-ditch bid to preserve genetic bloodlines before invasive mussels finish wiping them out. State and tribal scientists plan to retrieve wild adult whitefish from several distinct populations, transferring survivors to hatcheries across the state in an effort that comes as commercial whitefish harvests have collapsed from 6.9 million pounds in 2…
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