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•Rapidly becoming most abundant species in TB
fish community sampled with fall bottom trawling
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•Represented 83% in 2000
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Round Goby
First discovered in Thunder Bay in Oct. 1997
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First caught
in Trawling efforts in Sept. 1998
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1998 TCatch=
4274 1999 TCatch= 2477 2000 TCatch= 996
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Effort=179 Min Effort=119 Min Effort=131 Min
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ROG 4%TC
(171) #4 ROG 24%TC (690) #1 ROG 83%TC (831) #1
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#1 TRP= 54.6% TC #2 STS= 24% TC #2 TRP= 10% TC
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#2 ALE= 15.6% TC #3 RUF= 19% TC #3 STS= 3% TC
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#3 STS=15.5% TC #4 YEP=8% TC #4 RUF=2% TC
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