Age-0 yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were collected during October 1998 and age-1 yellow perch were collected during June 1999 from southeastern Lake Michigan off St. Joseph and Muskegon, Michigan, to evaluate diets relative to recent ecosystem changes. Size range of yellow perch examined was 72 to 118 mm. In October at a 15-m site off Muskegon, both Gammarus spp. and Isopoda were found in nea...

in the Proceedings of the World Aquaculture Society Conference. Page 1142. February 22-25, 2013. Nashville. Yellow perch Perca flavescens is a particularly important aquacultural and ecological species in the Great Lakes Region (GLR)and the Midwest USA. The demand for this species has remained very high in the GLR. Due to the relatively slow growth of currently cultured populations of yellow pe...