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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

The following are the charges to the CWTG for the 2007-2008 work year:

  1. Coordinate annual standardized lake trout assessment among all eastern agencies and report upon the status of lake trout rehabilitation.
  2. Continue to assess the whitefish age structure, growth, diet, seasonal distribution, and other population parameters.
  3. Continue to assess the burbot age structure, growth, diet, seasonal distribution, and other population parameters.
  4. Continue to participate in the IMSL process on Lake Erie to outline and prescribe the needs of the Lake Erie sea lamprey management program.
  5. Maintain an annual interagency electronic database of Lake Erie salmonid stocking and current projections for the STC, GLFC, and Lake Erie agency data depositories.
  6. Report on the status of rainbow trout in Lake Erie, including stocking numbers, strains being stocked, academic and resource agency research interests and related population parameters, including growth, diet, and exploitation.
  7. Prepare Lake Erie Herring Management Plan. Review ecology and history of this species and assess potential for recovery. Prepare an information paper for LEC recommending numbers needed for stocking for hatchery rearing considerations.
  8. Revise the Lake Trout Management Plan.





Members

Jim Markham (NYSDEC), Co-chair
Larry Witzel (OMNR), Co-chair
Fraser Neave (DFO)
Jim Francis (MDNR)
Kevin Kayle (ODNR)
Andy Cook, Tom MacDougall (OMNR)
Charles Murray (PFBC)
Mike Fodale, Betsy Trometer (USFWS)



 

Publications and Products

Annual Reports

Other Reports and Documents

  • Lake Trout Management Plan (in development)
  • Herring Management Plan (in development)

Supported projects

  • Interagency Summer Steelhead Diet Study: final report (pdf)



updated 23 May 2007


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