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What to know about Michigan whitefish crisis, from limits to solutions
-Invasive mussels that blanket the depths of lakes Huron and Michigan have pushed whitefish to the brink of extinction. What to know about possible solutions and why Lake Superior so far is spared.
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Time running out for Great Lakes whitefish. Can ponds become their Noah’s Ark?
-On the brink of collapse in Lakes Michigan and Huron, whitefish need a miracle. Now, some want to relocate fish en masse to inland waters to preserve dying bloodlines.
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As mussels ravage Great Lakes whitefish, Lake Superior survives — for now
-Chemistry, cold water and isolation make it hard for invasive mussels to get a foothold in the Big Lake. But a spate of recent outbreaks from Isle Royale to Canada’s Nipigon Bay have scientists unnerved.
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CollaborationCommercial FishingFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchWhitefish‘We can’t regulate ourselves’ out of whitefish crisis, experts say
-Amid a population crash of Michigan’s staple lake whitefish, fisheries experts told regulators that more research needs to be done to discover how to stem the scourge of invasive mussels. Without that, they said, efforts to limit fishing are futile.
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CollaborationCommercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsFoodGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchWhitefishIconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens
-Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.
