Notes

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Status of Coregonines in Lake Huron, 1999

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Lake Whitefish - Great Lakes Harvest, 1867-1999

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Lake Whitefish - Recruitment

Lake Whitefish - Growth Changes OH-4/5

Lake Whitefish - Growth Changes MH-1

Lake Whitefish - Condition Changes MH-1

Lake Whitefish - Maturity Canadian Waters 1989

Lake Whitefish - Maturity Canadian Waters 1999

Lake Whitefish - Total Mortality Age 5

Lake Whitefish - Total Mortality Age 9

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Deepwater Cisco - Condition MH-1

Deepwater Cisco - Stress to Population Water Belly Syndrome 1998 & 1999 ranged 0-11% High Incidence of Parasites acanthocephalan worms 40-83% of fish swimbladder nematode 20-92% of fish Presence of “BKD” 27% of fish Feb. 1998 0% 1999

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Coregonine Summary - FCO Objectives Diversity objective - met for 3 of 4 species not being met for lake herring Harvest objective - being exceeded chub about right whitefish too much of total round whitefish about right lake herring too little Lake herring objective - not being met in Saginaw Bay Deepwater Cisco objective - not being met, probably can’t