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

Human Dimensions of Great Lakes Fisheries Management

The Fishery Research Program (FRP) of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission includes as a research theme area “The Human Dimensions of Great Lakes Fisheries Management.” The term human dimensions refers to how and why humans value natural resources, how humans want resources managed, and how humans affect or are affected by natural resources management decisions. Human dimensions inquiries strive ...

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...

GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION 2003 Project Completion Report1 Regulation and manipulation of metamorphosis in sea lampreys: the relevance of a sea lamprey obesity factor and brook lamprey life history by:

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...