Research Notes

This edition of Research Notes highlights research on the differences between lake whitefish and cisco that might contribute to their contrasting population trends.

This edition of Research Notes highlights research on the pathogens causing infections in adult and juvenile lake whitefish, and the fish’s susceptibility to some diseases in laboratory settings.

This edition of Research Notes highlights genomic techniques used to improve understanding of the population structure in lake whitefish, while at the same time providing the basis for a more cost-effective genotyping tool.

This edition of Research Notes highlights research on juvenile lake sturgeon imprinting on odors to return to their natal streams.

This edition of Research Notes highlights the research contributions by Dr. Brian Roth and team on the diets of predatory fish that were supported by GLFT.

Fishery managers in the Lake Michigan basin have new information about the journeys and survival of wild and hatchery-raised steelhead salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Managing the fish effectively requires understanding the proportion of fish coming from hatcheries or the wild, generally, and from which hatchery and which river tributary, specifically.

Fishery managers in the Lake Michigan basin have new information about the journeys and survival of wild and hatchery-raised steelhead salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Managing the fish effectively requires understanding the proportion of fish coming from hatcheries or the wild, generally, and from which hatchery and which river tributary, specifically.

For over a decade, the Great Lakes Fishery Trust has supported Lake Superior State University’s (LSSU’s) vision to expand its capacity of its former Aquatic Research Lab by constructing a new facility at the nexus of the upper Great Lakes.

A critical knowledge gap in efforts to conserve and restore cisco has been cisco taxonomy. New research using genomic tools to clarify cisco population structure and taxonomy is yielding exciting information that challenges the current understanding of the Great Lakes cisco family tree.