Lake Erie Committee - Walleye Task Group

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

• Charges
• Members (last updated: 05/07)
• Publications and Products
• Terms of Reference (pdf)

Charges

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

1. Maintain and update centralized time data base for population modeling; including tagging, fishing harvest and effort by grid, growth, maturity, and abundance indices. Continue development of eastern basin catch-at-age analyses for walleye.
   
2. Report RAH levels for 2008.
   
3. Review different methods for calculation of lambdas for use in catch-at-age analyses; implement the most scientifically defensible method for weighting data sources used in analyses.
   
4. Review jaw and PIT tagging study results. Provide guidance/recommendations for future tagging strategies to LEC.

Members

Richard Drouin (OMNR), Co-chair
Chris Vandergoot (ODNR), Co-chair
Megan. Belore, Andy Cook, Y. Zhao (OMNR)
Mike Thomas (MDNR)
Roger Kenyon (PFBC)
Kevin Kayle, Mark Turner (ODNR)
Don Einhouse (NYDEC)

Publications and Products

Annual Reports

• 2009
• 2008
• 2008 Executive Summary
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002

Other Reports and Documents

• Decision Analysis Application for Lake Erie Walleye Management: Final Report to the Lake Erie Committee (pdf)
• Walleye Management Plan (pdf)
• ADMB Documentation Manual (in development)
• The 2001 Assessment of Perch in Lake Erie; A Review (pdf)

updated 23 May 2007

Photo: American Fisheries Society