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- Although Lake Trout were historically abundant in Lake Erie, they were extirpated from the lake by the 1960s due to a combination of overfishing, predation by invasive Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus, and spawning habitat loss (Moenig 1970; Hartman 1973; Muir et al. 2013), and they are presently the focus of a binational rehabilitation effort (Lake Erie Committee 2021).
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Dec 9, 2021 · The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) was once a thriving, native species to Lake Erie. However, after numerous effects caused its decline and ultimate demise, it has been a difficult process of attempting to restore the species back to what it once was.
Sep 25, 2023 · Although some evidence of natural recruitment has been found (Fitzsimons and Williston 2000; Ludsin et al. 2004; Markham et al. 2022), the Lake Trout population is believed to be sustained almost entirely by stocked fish (Lake Erie Committee 2021; Coldwater Task Group 2022).
- 25 September 2023
- 152, Issue5
Dec 1, 2021 · The effect of the sea lamprey population is particularly evident on Lake Erie’s adult lake trout population and lake trout rehabilitation strategies have been modified to achieve Lake Erie’s fish community objectives for the coldwater fish community (Ryan et al., 2003) and the goals of the Lake Erie Lake Trout Rehabilitation Plan (Markham ...
- Scott A. Grunder, James L. Markham, W. Paul Sullivan, Christopher Eilers, Kevin Tallon, Daniel McGar...
- 2021
Aug 18, 2021 · Lake Erie contains some of the largest lake trout available to anglers in New York, DEC said. The state ‘s record lake trout (41 pounds, 8 ounces) was caught in Lake Erie in 2003....
Aug 18, 2021 · New York State's record lake trout (41 pounds, 8 ounces) was caught in Lake Erie in 2003. Fish exceeding 10 pounds are common and lunkers over 20 pounds are caught every year. DEC will continue work to evaluate spawning habitats to identify the potential for habitat restoration.
Re-establishing a self-sustaining lake trout population in Lake Erie continues to be a major goal of the LEFRU. Lake trout have been stocked since 1978 and annual assessments monitor progress towards lake trout rehabilitation plan objectives. Adult lake trout abundance in New York waters has
Sep 26, 2023 · self-sustaining Lake Trout population in Lake Erie's oligo-trophic eastern basin has been deemed important for sup-porting ecosystem stability (Coldwater Task Group 2022). A healthy Lake Trout population has the potential to ben-efit Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis, which are currently at historically low abundance, and Cisco - C. ar
