Highlights of Native Fish Rehabilitation Activities in the Great Lakes Presented By: Arunas Liskauskas, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
In this presentation Focus on activities from 2002 to 2007 Highlight activities in each of the Great Lakes Suggest future priorities
Activities in Lake Superior
Activities in Lake Superior Coaster Brook Trout Rehabilitation: life history, growth, productivity, genetics, and habitat preference critical habitats and population Clearwater Creek rehabilitation Multi-stakeholder partnership
Activities in Lake Superior
Activities in Lake Superior Lake sturgeon Rehabilitation: critical habitats and impediments mitigating impacts GLFC Lake Sturgeon Rehabilitation Plan for Lake Superior
Activities in Lake Superior
Activities in Lake Superior Black Bay Walleye Rehabilitation: focused workshop Black Sturgeon River Dam as a major impediment Stocked ~300,000 fingerling walleye GLFC Walleye Rehabilitation Plan for Lake Superior
Activities in Lake e Huron
Activities in Lake e Huron Muskellunge Rehabilitation: Muskellunge reintroduction stocking ~16,000 fingerlings Modified sport harvest regulations recruitment of wild fish Partnership with The Friends of the Spanish River
Activities in Lake e Huron
Activities in Lake e Huron Lake Trout Rehabilitation: Surveyed ~200 km shoreline Partnership with University of Toronto Initiated ground-truthing studies
Activities in Lake e Huron
Activities in Lake e Huron Walleye Rehabilitation: water flow management a priority spawning habitat and channel morphology flow model and habitat remediation options Muskoka River Watershed Management Plan
Activities in Lake e Huron Lake Sturgeon Rehabilitation: 5 major river systems surveyed Partnership with AOFRC habitat protection/rehabilitation needs
Activities in Lake Erie
Activities in Lake Erie Restoring Walleye in the Lower Grand River: Rehabilitation Plans population size, genetics, stocking, fishway, migrations/habitat, habitat quality Dunnville dam, poor water quality, lower trophic level problems State of the Grand Rive report
Activities in Lake Erie
Activities in Lake Erie Thames River Walleye Rehabilitation: multi-agency working group Implementation partnership with AOFRC, Chippewa of the Thames River and DFO walleye population status contaminants and survival of larval/juvenile walleye Habitat research management plan
Activities in Lake Ontario:
Activities in Lake Ontario: Atlantic Salmon Restoration: Restoration plan GLFC Fish-Community Objectives for Lake Ontario Multi-stakeholder partnership Stocking of fry and fingerlings stream habitats rehabilitation Monitoring stocking success
Activities in Lake Ontario: Lake Trout Rehabilitation: Isotope analysis foodweb, Thiamine Deficiency Complex research Multi-agency partnership lake trout management plan updated
Activities in Lake Ontario:
Activities in Lake Ontario: American Eel Rehabilitation: Mulit-agency partnership Recovery Action Plan Stocked over 500,000 young eel Monitored stocking success status of eel populations
Looking to the Future Native species declines will likely continue Basin-wide delisting targets for native fish populations Actions guided by strategic initiatives LaMP and RAP goals Ontario's Biodiversity Strategy Strategic Great Lakes Fisheries Management Plans Fish Community/Environmental Objectives for the Great Lakes