Lake Huron Committee - St. Marys River Fishery Task Group

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The Journal of Great Lakes Research recently published a special issue devoted to the St. Mary's River (2011, Volume 37, Supplement 2, Pages 1-82).
Articles Include:

1. Ecological status of the St. Marys River
2. Environmental history of the St. Marys River
3. Sediment quality at select sites in the St. Marys River Area of Concern
4. Spatial and seasonal patterns in the crustacean zooplankton community of the St. Marys River
5. Population genetics of walleye and yellow perch in the St. Marys River
6. A tool to identify pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) x Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) hybrids in the St. Marys River, Michigan-Ontario
7. Five year trends in the egg-thiamine status of Atlantic salmon from the St. Marys River, Michigan
8. Population status and demographics of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the St. Marys River, from 2000 to 2007
9. Movement patterns and habitat characteristics of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the St. Marys River, Michigan, 2007-2008
10. An assessment of the health and historical changes of the nearshore fish community of the St. Marys River
11. Long-term trends in the St. Marys River open water fish community

Publications and Products

• St. Marys River Walleye Stocking and Evaluation Plan
• Population Dynamics of the St. Marys River Fish Community 1975-2006
• Harvest of fishes in the St. Marys River, May, 1999 through March, 2000
• St. Marys River Fisheries Assessment Plan (large size PDF document, download recommended)
• Stakeholder & Management Agency Consultation toward a Fisheries  Assessment Plan for the St. Marys River(PDF document, download recommended)
• St. Marys River Harvest Report
• Fisheries article discussing SMRFTG

Member Agencies

• Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
• Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• Department of Fisheries and Ocean Canada
• United States Geological Survey

Resource Members

• Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
• Lake Superior State University - Aquatic Research Laboratory
• Algoma University

Photo: American Fisheries Society