Great Lakes Fishery Commission

2026 Lake Meeting Presentation Videos

Lake Michigan Committee

  1. LMC Opening Remarks and Introductions
  2. Lake Michigan Lake Trout Working Group Update (Laura Schmidt)
  3. Salmonid Working Group Report (Ben Turschak)
  4. Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Michigan (Jenna Tews)
  5. 2025 USGS Forage Fish Update (Ralph Tingley)
  6. Recent Trends for Lake Michigan Lower Trophic Levels (Steve Pothoven)
  7. Great Lakes Pink Salmon: An Overlooked Invader (Joe Langan)
  8. Evaluating the Efficacy of the Northern Refuge Using Acoustic Telemetry (Tom Binder)
  9. Lake Whitefish Research in Green Bay and Northwest Lake Michigan (Ben Breaker)
  10. Historical Trends and Current Status of Lake Whitefish (Atikameg) Stocks in Lake Michigan (Jason Smith; Ben Rook)
  11. Sparking Compassion, Curiosity, and Conservation for Suckers in Lake Michigan (Karen Murchie)
  12. Tracking Post-Stocking Outcomes of Juvenile Lake Trout with Acoustic Telemetry (Sara Patel)
  13. Tuesday Opening Remarks and Introductions
  14. Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Updates on Lake Michigan Salmon and Trout (Matt Kornis)
  15. Using Technology to Detect Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS): The Use of Metabarcoding (Cari-Ann Hayer)
  16. LMC Close-Out (Rod Edgell)

Lake Superior Committee

  1. LSC Opening Remarks
  2. Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Superior 2025 (Jess Barber)
  3. 2025 Lake Superior Prey Fish Assessments (Nicole Watson)
  4. Lake Superior Harvest Report (Mike Seider)
  5. Co-development of an Atlantis Model for Lake Superior (Joe Langan)
  6. Assessing Potential Genomics Impacts of Splake on Lake Trout and Brook Trout in Lake Superior (Ben Kline)
  7. Identifying Movement Patterns of Atikameg (Lake Whitefish) in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, for Treaty Rights and Resource Protection (Simon Freeman)
  8. Ontario Northshore Acoustic Telemetry- Lake Superior (Eric Berglund/Fritz Fischer)
  9. Apostle Islands Spawning Reef Surveys (Ian Harding; Jamie Dobosenski)
  10. A Lake-wide Acoustic Survey with Autonomous Uncrewed Vessels in the World’s Largest Lake (Dan Yule)
  11. Zombies in the Abyss: Conditional Anomalies in Deepwater Siscowet (Shawn Sitar)
  12. Population Structure and the Role of Burbot in Coupling Habitats of Lake Superior (Jill Olin)
  13. Coasters in the Shallows: A Population Estimate of a Newly Observed Lake Spawning Coaster Brook Trout Population (Cory Goldsworthy)
  14. LSC Close-out (Dave Caroffino)

Lake Huron Committee

  1. LHC Tuesday Opening Remarks and Introductions
  2. Status and Trends of Prey Fish in Lake Huron (Robin DeBruyne)
  3. Early Detection for Novel Fish in Lake Huron (Kristen Towne)
  4. Lake Huron USFWS/DFO Aquatic Invasive Species Report (Mike Rucinski)
  5. Lake Huron Sea Lamprey Control Report (Shawn Nowicki)
  6. Evaluation of Lake Huron Cisco Rehabilitation in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron (Scott Koenigbauer)
  7. Channel Island Reef: Improving Fish Habitat and Coastal Resilience in Saginaw Bay (Jeff Jolley)
  8. Life History Differences Among Lake Trout Strains Stocked in Lake Huron (Erin Dunlop)
  9. Wednesday Opening Remarks and Introductions
  10. Sources of Walleye Recruitment and Natural Reproduction in Saginaw Bay (Dave Fielder)
  11. Ontario Waters Lake Whitefish Telemetry Report (Erin Dunlop)
  12. Habitat Update: Habitat Use and Movement Patterns Across the Lake Whitefish Stock Complex in Lake Huron (Tyler Funnell)
  13. Lake Trout Restoration – Milestones and Potential Future Considerations (Chris Davis)
  14. Great Lakes Spawning Whitefish and Invasive Mussels Project Update (Andrew Honsey)
  15. Updates on Investigations of Recruitment Constraints for Lake Whitefish During Their First Year of Life in Lake Huron (Cory Brant)
  16. LHC Close-out (Doug Schultz)

Common Session

  1. LAW Committee AIS Officer of the Year Award (Rob Beirnes)
  2. Technoscience Webinars Are Cool - Round 2 Coming Soon! (Julie Hinderer)
  3. A New Index of Round Goby Abundances for Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Ontario (Peter Esselman)
  4. Informed Regional Substrate Mapping at High Resolution (Phillipe Wernette)
  5. Automated Invasive Mussel Monitoring (Angus Galloway)
  6. Estimating Vessel Avoidance in Lake Superior (Dan Yule)
  7. Advancements in Acoustic Prey Fish Assessment in Lakes Huron and Michigan (Tim O’Brien)
  8. Estimating Vessel Avoidance in Lake Erie: Implications for Future Surveys (Mark DuFour)
  9. Quantifying Fish Abundance in the Surface Acoustic Dead Zone for Lakes Superior and Michigan (Hannah Blair)
  10. Daytime Acoustics Reveal Diel Migrations but Require New Operating Procedures for Use in Fisheries Assessment (Lars Rudstam)
  11. Availability of Dark Daytime Refuge May Limit Mysid Abundance in the Laurentian Great Lakes (Kayden Nasworthy)
  12. Live Sonar, Lake Trout, and GLATOS: A Pilot Project to Evaluate Post-Release Mortality in the Lake Superior Jigging Fishery (Cory Goldsworthy)
  13. From Pixels to Populations: Fish Counters and Rise of the Machines (Mike Yuille)

Lake Ontario Committee

  1. LOC Wednesday Opening Remarks and Introductions (Erin Brown)
  2. Status of Lake Ontario Lower Trophic Levels (Jim Watkins)
  3. Thursday Opening Remarks and Introductions
  4. Preyfish Stock Status and Research Update (Brian Weidel)
  5. Trout and Salmon Recreational Fisheries (Michael Connorton)
  6. Eastern Basin and Nearshore Fisheries (Sarah Beech)
  7. Summary of the 2026 Lake Ontario Walleye Science Workshop: Stock Status (Jessica Goretzke)
  8. Status of Lake Ontario Lake Trout, Research Update and Future Priorities (Brian O’Malley; Dimitry Gorsky)
  9. Identifying Lake-wide Spawning Distributions of Lake Trout in Lake Ontario (Alex Gatch)
  10. Status of Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Ontario (Bruce Morrison)
  11. Coregonine Stock Status and Research Update (Brian Weidel)
  12. St Lawrence Management Perspectives (Erin Brown)
  13. St Lawrence Status of Fish Communities (Michael Yuille)
  14. LOC Close-out (Chris Legard)

Lake Erie Committee

  1. LEC Thursday Opening Remarks and Introductions (Jim Francis)
  2. Lake Erie Standing Technical Committee Report (Todd Wills)
  3. Status of Lake Erie’s Coldwater Fish Community (Pascal Wilkins)
  4. Sea Lamprey Control in Lake Erie (Chris Eilers)
  5. Status of Forage Fishes in Lake Erie (Zak Slagle)
  6. Habitat Projects and Assessment (Corbin Hilling)
  7. Status of Walleye Stocks in Lake Erie (Matt Faust)
  8. Status of Yellow Perch Stocks in Lake Erie (Mike Hosack)
  9. Friday Opening Remarks and Introductions (Jim Francis)
  10. 2026 TAC Announcement (Jim Francis)
  11. 50 Years of Smallmouth Bass Monitoring in Lake St Clair (Jan-Michael Hessenauer)
  12. Removing Invasive Grass Carp from Lake Erie (Chris Mayer)
  13. Genetic Variation of Lake Whitefish in Lake Erie (Joe Schmitt)
  14. Experimental Offshore Habitat Rehabilitation (Pascal Wilkins)
  15. Lake Sturgeon Status and Reintroduction Efforts in Lake Erie (Jason Fischer)
  16. Closing Remarks (Jim Francis)