Fourth Reintroduction of Native Fishes Workshop Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Forum Human Dimensions of Great Lakes Fishery Management: New Research Thrust of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, recognizing the importance of social impacts on Great Lakes fisheries and the shortage of information on ‘‘human dimensions,’’ launched a new research theme. It seeks to fill knowledge gaps in the areas of legal and institutional frameworks governing fisheries, constructing effective processes that better inform management decision making, and the role and im...

An Ecosystem Perspective on Re-establishing Native Deepwater Fishes in the Laurentian Great Lakes

—Herein we examine scientific questions related to successful re-establishment of native deepwater fish communities in the Laurentian Great Lakes, and we (1) propose a conceptual model for native deepwater fish communities; (2) review current research and identify research hypotheses for lake trout Salvelinus namaycush, pelagic ciscoes Coregonus spp., and sculpins (Cottus spp. and Myoxocephalus...

Use of physiological knowledge to control the invasive sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America is an example of using physiological knowledge to successfully control an invasive species and rehabilitate an ecosystem and valuable fishery. The parasitic sea lamprey contributed to the devastating collapse of native fish communities after invading the Great Lakes during the 1800s and early 1900s. Economic...

A Conceptual Approach for the Application of Biological Indicators of Ecosystem Quality in the Great Lakes Basin A Joint Effort of the International Joint Commission and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission

GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION 2001 Project Completion Report Application of Decision Analysis to Great Lakes sea lamprey management

1 Project completion reports of Commission-sponsored research are made available to the Commission's Cooperators in the interest of rapid dissemination of information that may be useful in Great Lakes fishery management, research, or administration. The reader should be aware that project completion reports have not been through a peer review process and that sponsorship of the project by the C...