Lake Superior Committee

Members (last updated: 04/2011)
Publications and Products
Terms of Reference
Subcommittee

The Lake Superior Committee consists of senior staff members from Michigan DNR, Minnesota DNR, Ontario MNR, Wisconsin DNR, the Chippewa-Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority, and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Committee's purposes are to:

consider issues pertinent to, or referred by, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission;
consider issues and problems of common concern to member agencies;
develop and coordinate joint programs and research projects; and
serve as a forum for state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies.

For deliberations of this Committee, Lake Superior shall be considered to include all of Lake Superior above the compensating gates of Sault Ste. Marie on the St. Marys River and, to the extent that they affect fish stocks of common concern, its bays, harbors, and tributaries. Decisions will be reached by consensus of the membership. When consensus cannot be achieved, the concerns of all agencies shall be described in the Committee's report to the Commission.

Members

Phil Schneeberger, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Chair
David McLeish, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Vice-chair
Bill Mattes, GL Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Tom Gorenflo, Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority
Don Pereira, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Steve Hewett , Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Publications and Products

Special publications

News Releases

May 27, 1997: Landmark Great Lakes Fisheries Management Plan to be Signed in Ottawa (News Release)
- A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries: 1997 Revision
April 18, 1997 Lake Superior Committee: Lake Superior Committee Stresses Need to Protect Fishery Rehabilitation Gains (News Release)
April 8, 1996 Lake Superior Lake Trout Restoration Proclaimed a Major Victory

Executive Summaries

Miscellaneous

A Lake trout rehabilitation plan for Lake Superior
Status of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) in Lake Superior during 1970-2006 and Management and Research Considerations
Walleye Rehabilitation Plan
Lake Superior Fish Aging Manual CD available

Terms of Reference

COMMITTEE NAME
Lake Superior Committee

AREA OF CONCERN
For deliberations of this Committee, Lake Superior shall be considered to include all of Lake Superior above the compensating gates at Sault Ste. Marie on the St. Marys River and, to the extent that they affect fish stocks of common concern, its bays, harbors, and tributaries.

COMMITTEE PURPOSE

To consider issues pertinent to, or referred by, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission that are within the Committee’s authority or under its auspices.
To consider issues and problems of common concern to Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Wisconsin, the Chippewa Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority, and/or the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission - these may be of interest to the Commission.
To develop and coordinate joint state/provincial/federal/tribal programs and research projects.
To decide issues for referral to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission or council of Lake Committees for direction, resolution or support.
To serve as a form for state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies, and others, on a need/request basis.
To decide protocol for Committee operation, establish operational procedures for internal committees, develop meeting agenda, and elect officers.

MEETING SCHEDULE
The Committee shall meet annually at a time and place determined by the committee. The meeting shall be sufficiently in advance of the Council of Lake Committees meeting and Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to allow the preparation of material, reports, and recommendations for Commission review and action at the Annual Meeting. Additional Committee meetings may be convened by the Committee Chairman to deal with special items of business.

MEMBERSHIP
The Committee shall consist of a senior staff member from Michigan DNR, Minnesota DNR, Ontario MNR, Wisconsin DNR, the Chippewa Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority, and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. Representatives should be able to speak for their respective agencies. Each agency will designate an alternate who will serve in the absence of the member. The committee shall be assisted by experts and advisors from all agencies concerned.

OFFICERS

Chairman: The Chairman shall be a voting member and shall serve for two years. The chair shall rotate among the member agencies in the following order beginning in 1987: GLIFWC, MDNR, OMNR, COTFMA, WDNR, MnDNR. The new Chairman's term of office shall begin immediately following the committee’s annual meeting in odd-numbered years; the outgoing Chairman shall be responsible for presenting the Committee's report at the Commission's Annual Meeting.
Vice-chairman: A Committee member of the opposite country to that of the Chairman shall serve as Vice-chairman, and shall perform the functions of Chairman in the Chairman's absence. An American Vice-chairman will be selected by members from the United States.

ADVISORS
The Committee may request, as the need arises, expert advice or study on problems identified by the Committee.

ROLE OF SECRETARIAT
The Secretariat provides liaison between Committee and Commission, by assisting the Committee in the development and distribution of meeting agenda and minutes, and the preparation of briefing materials and reports as required. The Secretariat also assists in making meeting arrangements.

DECISIONS
Decisions will be reached by a consensus of the membership. When consensus cannot be achieved, the concerns of all agencies shall be described in the Committee's report to the Commission.

SUB-COMMITTEES
The Committee may, as it deems necessary, establish sub-committees.

REPORTING
The Committee shall transmit to the commission prior to the Commission's Annual Meeting, a report of the committee's annual meeting including agency reports, reports of special committees and resolutions.
The Committee may request endorsement of its recommendations by the Council of Lake Committees and refer to the Council of lake Committees items which have implications beyond the Committee's jurisdiction.

21 June 1989

Subcommittee

The Lake Superior Technical Committee consists of fishery biologists from Michigan DNR, Minnesota DNR, Ontario MNR, Wisconsin DNR, the Chippewa-Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority, and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. The Technical Committee's purposes are to:

provide agencies represented on the Committee with technical information on the status of stocks including management alternatives and guidelines in making and evaluating fisheries management decisions;
arrange for resource persons to assist the members as required;
advise the Committee Chairman of any additional funding or other requirements as needed.

Chair: Mark Ebener, Chippewa-Ottawa Treaty Fishery Management Authority

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