Lake Erie Committee - Cold Water Task Group

The Cold Water Task Group (CWTG) consists of fisheries scientists from state, provincial, federal and university agencies conducting research on Lake Erie. The CWTG is a sub-committee of the Lake Erie Committee (LEC), appointed by the LEC and addressing charges from the LEC relevant to cold water fisheries management in Lakes Erie and St. Clair and connecting waters.

Charges
Members (Last updated: April 2010)
Publications and Products
Terms of Reference (pdf, updated April 2011)

Charges

The following are the charges to the CWTG for the 2010-2011 work year:

Coordinate annual standardized lake trout assessment among all eastern basin agencies and report upon the status of lake trout rehabilitation.
Continue to assess the whitefish fishery, age structure, growth, diet, seasonal distribution and other population parameters.
Continue to assess the burbot fishery, age structure, growth, diet, seasonal distribution and other population parameters.
Continue to participate in the IMSL process on Lake Erie to outline and prescribe the needs of the Lake Erie sea lamprey management program.
- a. Develop hypotheses to examine how well the back-to-back treatments have worked. If treatments have not worked, why not?
Maintain an annual interagency electronic database of Lake Erie salmonid stocking for the STC, GLFC, and Lake Erie agency data depositories.
Continue to assess the steelhead and other salmonid fisheries, age structure, growth, diet, seasonal distribution and other population parameters.
Prepare the Lake Erie Cisco Management Plan. Report on the status of cisco in Lake Erie and potential for re-introduction and/or recovery.

Members

Kevin Kayle (ODNR), Co-chair
Larry Witzel (OMNR), Co-chair
Jeff Braunscheidel (MDNR)
Andy Cook (OMNR)
Richard Kraus (USGS)
Tom MacDougall (OMNR)
James Markham (NYSDEC)
Chuck Murray (PFBC)
Fraser Neave (DFO)
Tim Sullivan (USFWS)
Elizabeth Trometer (USFWS)