Percent of Total Catch Comprised of
Round Goby in Thunder Bay
from Fall Bottom Trawling Surveys
USFWS
•Rapidly becoming most abundant species in TB fish community sampled with fall bottom trawling
•Represented 83% in 2000


Round Goby First discovered in Thunder Bay in Oct. 1997
First caught in Trawling efforts in Sept. 1998
1998 TCatch= 4274   1999 TCatch= 2477   2000 TCatch= 996
Effort=179 Min     Effort=119 Min     Effort=131 Min
ROG 4%TC (171) #4   ROG 24%TC (690) #1   ROG 83%TC (831) #1
#1 TRP= 54.6% TC   #2 STS= 24% TC     #2 TRP= 10% TC
#2 ALE= 15.6% TC   #3 RUF= 19% TC     #3 STS= 3% TC
#3 STS=15.5% TC   #4 YEP=8% TC     #4 RUF=2% TC