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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeLatest NewsNewsScience, Technology, ResearchWhitefishWhat 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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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.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeIndigenous CommunitiesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsRefreshAnishinaabe tribes work to save a fish significant to their culture and an important source of protein
-Native American tribes are working with researchers to determine why whitefish, an important source of protein, is declining.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationCommercial FishingFish, Birds and AnimalsGreat Lakes News CollaborativeHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake MichiganLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsMichigan tribes, state reach tentative deal on Great Lakes fishing access
-Under the deal, tribal fishers could use gillnets in more places to cope with declining whitefish populations.
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AuthorsCommercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentJames ProffittLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismRecreational Hunting and FishingScience, Technology, ResearchThe Great Lakes-Iceland connection through the 100% Whitefish effort
-The Iceland Ocean Cluster could be the template for innovation around the recently announced 100% Whitefish project.
