Lake Whitefish and Ciscoe Objective
•Manage lake whitefish and ciscoes at levels capable of sustaining annual harvests of 3.8 million kg. •Restore lake herring to a significant level and protect, where possible deepwater ciscoes.
•Lake whitefish continue to be a premium eating fish of the Great lakes and a corner stone of commercial fisheries for more than a century. Recent landings continue to be some of the highest on record for the main basin, North channel and outer Saginaw Bay. The Georgian Bay fishery is still recovering.
•Deepwater ciscoes, bloaters, are the main inhabitant of the deeper waters of the lake and the only form still abundant. The other deepwater form, the shortjaw, is now probably extinct. Bloater numbers have declined recently from  the high levels noted through the 1980’s and early 1990’s but the population is still considered robust.
•Lake herring numbers have not recovered in the main basin.They have been replaced by alewives and smelt. They were a historically valuable food fish and prey species. Some populations persist in the northern portion of the lake and it’s hoped they may be the basis of a future recovery for this species..