College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• The changing face of Great Lakes fisheries

  Published on February 3, 2019
  In this paper, we discuss the environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic changes that have characterized the Great Lakes, and we share our perspectives and personal stories about the impacts of these changes.

• Genetic Aspects of Fisheries Rehabilitation Programs

  Published on June 17, 2015
  The stocking of indigenous or exotic fish species is often a desirable aspect of fisheries rehabilitation programs.

• Behavior of Lake Trout Sac Fry: Vertical Movement at Different Developmental Stages

  Published on May 27, 2015
  The purpose of this study was to compare vertical movement of lake trout sac fry at different developmental stages, to describe their diel movement patterns, and to examine the distance that sac fry will swim off the bottom.

• Great Lakes Fisheries Policy and Management: A Binational Perspective (2nd Edition)

  Published on October 31, 2012
  This incisive study provides a collaborative, interjurisdictional, and multi-use perspective, one shaped by the USA and Canada together as part of their shared governance of these waters.

• Lake charr Salvelinus namaycush spawning behaviour: new field observations and a review of current knowledge

  Published on February 9, 2012
  In this paper, we describe field observations of lake trout reproductive behaviour, focusing on two morphs from Great Bear Lake, N.T and summarize uncertainties and pose hypotheses regarding lake trout spawning behaviour.

• Great Lakes Fisheries Policy and Management: A Binational Perspective (Second Edition)

  Published on April 2, 2011
  The objective of this book is to present a synthesis of current knowledge about the status Great Lakes fisheries and their ecosystems, emphasizing the threats that they have faced and the opportunities they provide for basin citizens and industries.

• Predation by Alewives on Lake Trout Fry in Lake Ontario: Role of an Exotic Species in Preventing Restoration of a Native Species

  Published on January 1, 1995
  Lake trout restoration efforts in Lake Ontario have resulted in an abundance of spawning fish of hatchery-origin but virtually no detectable natural recruitment.

• Restoration of Lake Trout in the Great Lakes: Challenges and Strategies for Future Management

  Published on January 1, 1995
  This paper identifies key factors that have blocked rehabilitation and proposes management actions to address these problems based on the proceedings of the RESTORE Conference held in 1994.

• Dynamics of Reproduction by Hatchery-Origin Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) at Stony Island Reef, Lake Ontario

  Published on January 1, 1995
  Quantitative studies of survival between egg deposition and fry emergence were conducted on a spawning reef in the eastern basin of Lake Ontario to determine variables associated with poor reproduction of hatchery-origin lake trout.

• Review of Genetics of Lake Trout in the Great Lakes: History, Molecular Genetics, Physiology, Strain Comparisons, and Restoration Management

  Published on January 1, 1995
  This paper reviews historical differences among native lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) populations, genetic comparisons of populations, heritability of physiological traits, performance ofstrains after stocking, and the role of genetics in management.

• Differences in Reproduction among Hatchery Strains of Lake Trout at Eight Spawning Areas in Lake Ontario: Genetic Evidence from Mixed-Stock Analysis

  Published on January 1, 1995
  To determine whether reproductive success variedamong strains, embryos and fry from three sites in the eastern basin and four sites in the western basin of Lake Ontario were genetically characterized with allozyme electrophoresis at 18 polymorphic loci.

• Evidence of Natural Reproduction by Stocked Lake Trout in Lake Ontario

  Published on January 1, 1988
  An overview of the outcome of seventy-five lake trout fry that were captured in Lake Ontario using emergent fry traps.