Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail Fact Sheet and Poster
A fact sheet (information page) and poster are available in learning more and promoting Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail network and partnership: INFORMATION PAGE about the Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail network and partnership. TRAIL POSTER for promoting the Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail in your respective community.
Sea Lamprey, life history website
Click Here to visit this informational webpage and life history profile of Sea Lamprey compiled by Wisconsin Sea Grant.
Sea Lamprey, A Great Lakes Invader website
Click here to visit this Great Lakes Fishery Commission website about Sea Lamprey ecology, issue, and management in the Great Lakes. This web page offers information about: Sea Lamprey Lifecycle Issue and risks related to Sea Lamprey Status Control
Great Lakes Water Life Photo Gallery, Native and Exotic Lampreys
Great Lakes Water Life photo and information gallery page for native and exotic sea lampreys. Provides links and information about: Scientific profiles (from University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology) Species profiles and images Distribution and Habitat Variety of additional resources and information sources
Eat Safe Fish
Eat Safe Fish website offers resources and information related to fishing, purchasing, or preparing fish safely. Learn about health benefits of eating fish and steps you can take to reduce risks (e.g. environmental contaminants that may accumulate in fish).
Great Lakes Whitefish, The Great Fish WEBSITE
Take a dip into this site to learn about this versatile fish and its fishermen. You’ll also find out how to locate Michigan whitefish for yourself and cook it to perfection with one of our many recipes. One bite and you’ll be hooked. Michigan Fish Producers Association
Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon Education website
Sturgeon education website brings fisheries science and technology into the classroom A new Great Lakes sturgeon science website features the research of an MSU team of fisheries scientists and the threatened Lake Sturgeon of northern Michigan. Posted on January 31, 2013 by Brandon Schroeder, Michigan State University Extension, Steve Stewart, Michigan State University Extension, and Dr. Kim Scribner, Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife A new Great Lakes Sturgeon Education website explores how the prehistoric and threatened Lake Sturgeon + fishery scientists = one amazing teaching opportunity for Michigan educators! The Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, in partnership with the Michigan Sea Grant, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and others, have developed and launched a Great Lakes sturgeon education website designed to bring fisheries science and research to interested educators and youth. Through educational lessons, this site features the collaborative fisheries science investigations led by Dr. Kim Scribner and Dr. Ed Baker working with Lake Sturgeon on the Cheboygan River Watershed in Northeast Michigan. This wealth of research, ranging from science, technology and math, has been refined and organized for use by educators and youth to explore as part of their school learning experience. This website opens a window to real-world sturgeon research, sharing access to data sets paired with lesson plans designed to guide youth in exploring sturgeon as future budding scientists themselves. This website offers an opportunity to enhance youth learning opportunities through real-world fisheries resources of our Michigan and Great Lakes waterways. It is difficult not to love, or at least be amazed by, a prehistoric looking sturgeon – a great way to hook kids into learning! Once on the line, the learning can be endless: Math: Exploring fish survival, growth rates, and populations sizes Science: Biology of fish, life cycles, habitats, and ecosystem food webs English, Language, Arts: reading, writing, and drawing Social Studies and History: fishing and fish management policies, history and local history and heritage ties with this fish Technology: exploring research equipment and techniques used by researchers to collect this information Exploring experiments and data from a diversity of sturgeon research examples, teachers and students are able to understand, better, the science and the scientific process. Organizing data, interpreting these data through graphs, and trying to derive answers to questions through these actions give new meaning to applications for learning mathematics. Through sturgeon learning, students can learn to connect fish with quality and habitat connections, interactions within aquatic ecosystems, human impacts, history and heritage ranging to today, exploring threatened and endangered species, river studies. A website for educators, developed in partnership with educators. Setting the stage for development of this science based website, fourteen educators from ten different schools convened as part of COSEE Great Lakes-sponsored Sturgeon Research Workshop for Educators held on August 11-12, 2011. At this workshop, they learned about lake sturgeon research, while exploring educational linkages and opportunities related to this amazing and charismatic fish. Working first hand with Dr. Kim Scribner and his Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife research team, teachers not only learned about sturgeon research through presentations, but also enjoyed the opportunity to get their feet wet experiencing sturgeon research in a hands-on way. This was an amazing opportunity resulting from scientists and educators working together; and Quincy Elementary educator, Ben Braymer, shared his own amazing experience through a video he prepared for his students. Throughout the next year, this partnership explored educational lessons and opportunities in support of this website. A couple of these educators continued working with Michigan Sea Grant and Dr. Scribner’s research team, including graduate student John Bauman, to develop curriculum connections ultimately expanding the reach and impact of this research to broader audiences through this website an even great opportunity. This website also cross-connects with other fisheries-related curriculum, like Project FISH and Project FLOW (Fisheries Learning on the Web), among others. Several other agency and community partners have also supported this multi-year investment in sturgeon education, including: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Michigan Department of Natural Resources; Huron Pines; Sturgeon for Tomorrow (Black Lake Chapter); the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative network; and the Great Lakes Fishery Trust. For more information about this project partnership between MSU Dept of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan Sea Grant, and MSUExtension, visit the Great Lakes Sturgeon Education website. This article was published by Michigan State University Extension. For more information, visit http://www.msue.msu.edu. To have a digest of information delivered straight to your email inbox, visit http://www.msue.msu.edu/newsletters. To contact an expert in your area, visit http://expert.msue.msu.edu, or call 888-MSUE4MI (888-678-3464).
Know Your Nets
Learn about the types of fishing nets in the Great Lakes.
Trap Netting
This web page is on of the few resources describing Great Lakes trap nets boat. A short article describing trap netting and trap net boats on Lake Erie is research available on the The Ohio State University’s Center for Folklore . Learn more at this website.
Northwest Lower Michigan Fisheries Heritage, Travel, Tourism, & Fish
Historically, and still today, recreational and commercial fish and fishing for northern Lake Michigan communities reflects an important way of life. Posted on August 29, 2014 by Mark Breederland, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Sea Grant and Brandon Schroeder, Michigan State University Extension, Michigan Sea Grant Click Here to READ FULL ARTICLE Fish tugs, Janice Sue and Joy, in Leland’s historic Fishtown. Photo credit: Keith Burnham. Coastal northwest lower Michigan is filled with scenic landscapes, orchard and agricultural abundance and coastal towns—and rich in Great Lakes fisheries heritage and tradition. These coastal fishing towns are known today for diverse tourism, recreational boating and fishing opportunities. In fact, the Lake Michigan coastline of northwest Michigan and its Leelanau County peninsula was once lined by numerous commercial fishing operations fishing. Still active today, there is a strong remnant of these commercial fisheries—both tribal and state licensed commercial fishers operating out of Pewshawbestown and Leland’s historic Fishtown. Fishing for food, they return catches of whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and other species for local restaurants and families. In addition, fishing for fun (and food), recreational fisherman actively troll and fish waters of Grand Traverse Bay and open Lake Michigan for a variety of species including King & coho salmon, lake trout, perch, smallmouth bass, and others. Both the commercial and recreational sides of fishing on Lake Michigan reflects a way of life for many in this region, contributing to community culture and character as much today as they have in the past. A new Michigan’s Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail offers a great opportunity to learn about fish and people of northwest Michigan, bringing to life today’s Great Lakes fisheries through exploration of the historic fisheries of our past. This statewide trail highlights a wealth of places and experiences available to those interested in learning more about our Great Lakes fisheries. Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University Extension have been collaborating with many museums, university, agency and fishing industry partners from across the state in establishing this heritage tourism trail as a resource for communities and travelers, alike. Here are a few places well worth exploring to experience fish and fishing heritage and traditions of northwest Lower Michigan: Leland and Leland’s Historic Fishtown—at Fishtown, you can experience a living active fishery, both tribal and state licensed, where food fish arrive dockside several times per week. Whitefish are caught in trapnets and brought aboard historic fishboats, such the Joy and Janice Sue. You can enjoy the smell of smoked fish in the air, purchase fresh or smoked fish at Carlson’s Fishery or grab dinner at the Bluebird Restaurant & Tavern where authentic images of commercial fishing families of Leland hang; you might also want to visit the Leelanuau Historical Museum just a few steps away from Fishtown where various museum displays are available. Glen Haven and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore— visit the fishing vessel Aloha on display at Glen Haven, and explore the world of small boats at the Cannery Boathouse Museum in Glen Haven (largest public exhibit of Great Lakes small craft); also consider stopping by the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum while in Glen Haven— this original Sleeping Bear Point U.S. Life-Saving Station was used to rescue mariners from the treacherous waters of Sleeping Bear Point and the Manitou Passage. Northport— Great Lakes sport trolling was invented and pioneered off Northport in the early 1920s. George Raff was the first to discover that lake trout could be caught by trolling in Grand Traverse Bay’s protected waters, and this method that he and his wife, Nell, developed has spread throughout the Great Lakes. A Michigan Historical Marker notes this key development inside the G. Marsten Dame Marina in downtown Northport. Pewshawbestown— fish may be available for purchase near the Arthur Duhammel Marina. Greilickville—Kids looking for a place to explore and learn about fish? Visit the Great Lakes Children’s museum where fun hands-on activities are found in abundance. Also see the rest of the Discovery Center – Great Lakes, which includes the Grand Traverse Bay Watershed Center and the Maritime Heritage Alliance, and schooner Madeline Suttons Bay— visit the renowned Inland Seas Education Association education center and sail aboard schooner Inland Seas where you can learn about native Great Lakes ecology and aquatic invasive fish like the Asian carp, which threaten to enter the Great Lakes. Traverse City—How about hands-on fishing with captains of the Michigan Charter Boat Association? A future fishing pier is under active planning and development in Traverse City at the mouth of the Boardman River in Downtown Traverse City. Interested in learning more about our Great Lakes fisheries of past and present? Michigan Sea Grant offers online educational resources, including publications such as “The Life of the Lakes: A Guide to the Great Lakes Fishery.” This article was published by Michigan State University Extension. For more information, visit http://www.msue.msu.edu. To have a digest of information delivered straight to your email inbox, visit http://www.msue.msu.edu/newsletters. To contact an expert in your area, visit http://expert.msue.msu.edu, or call 888-MSUE4MI (888-678-3464).
