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Lake Michigan to get nearly 30% more chinook salmon in 2020

Starting next year, Michigan plans to increase chinook salmon stocking by 150,000, increasing the total statewide stocking from 504,000 to 654,000 fish. This move is in response to a recent recommendation of the Lake Michigan Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee to boost lakewide stocking levels.

“The Lake Michigan predator and prey balance has improved in recent years,” said Jay Wesley, the DNR’s Lake Michigan Basin coordinator. “The size of the salmon has also improved, with hundreds weighing more than 30 pounds caught at multiple ports.”

This marks the first salmon-stocking increase in Lake Michigan since 1999. The committee has worked continuously with stakeholders and resource agencies around the lake to bring balance to its ecosystem.

“Although some anglers would prefer a larger stocking increase, biologists are still concerned with the uncertainty of alewife year-class strength and how much wild reproduction of salmon to expect,” Wesley said. “Alewife are the main diet of chinook salmon.”

The Lake Michigan Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee and the DNR will continue to monitor Lake Michigan conditions and adjust stocking accordingly to sustain a healthy, diverse salmon and trout fishery. Visit Michigan.gov/Fishing to learn more about how the DNR manages the state’s fisheries.

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New Fortress XL Hub Shelter

Grand Prairie, TX – The dictionary defines fortress as a fortified place, a place of exceptional security, a stronghold. The new Frabill Fortress XL Hub Shelter is all that and more for ice anglers.

Frabill’s latest space-saving design allows you to conveniently store gear in generous corner compartments resulting in 55% more fishable space. Kick-Out Technology utilizes hub extensions on the sides of the shelter to keep items like minnow buckets, heaters, vacuum bottles and lunch coolers accessible, yet out of the way. The hubs also simplify setup and takedown. The Fortress XL Hub Shelter doubles as the ultimate base camp when anglers are on the ice.

With a large 100 square feet of fishable luxury, the revolutionary Fortress XL is like a condo on ice. An extremely stable frame provides a comfortable environment that locks in warmth and repels the wind. Enhanced T-style zipper pulls are easy to operate with gloves or chilly fingers.

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Lake sturgeon releases add nearly 20,000 fish to Michigan waters

This summer and fall, the DNR and several partners released nearly 20,000 juvenile lake sturgeon in public waters, part of an ongoing effort to rehabilitate this culturally significant fish species.

The locations, totals, dates and (partner agencies) include:

Allegan County

  • Kalamazoo River: 237 fish, Aug. 28 (DNR, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gun Lake Tribe).

Cheboygan County

  • Lower Black River: 13,503 fish, June (DNR, Michigan State University).
  • Black Lake: 520 fish, Aug. 24 (DNR, MSU).
  • Mullett Lake: 521 fish, Aug. 24 (DNR, MSU).
  • Burt Lake/Sturgeon River: 1,000 fish (Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians).

Delta County

  • Whitefish River: 230 fish, Aug. 22 (DNR).

Genesee County

  • Flint River: 471 fish, August and September (DNR, MSU, USFWS).

Menominee County

  • Cedar River: 182 fish, Aug. 23 (DNR).

Midland County

  • Tittabawassee River: 470 fish, August and September (DNR, MSU, USFWS).

Ontonagon County

  • Ontonagon River: 1,499 fish, September and October (DNR, USFWS).

Saginaw County

    • Cass River: 469 fish, August and September (DNR, MSU, USFWS).
    • Shiawassee River: 469 fish, August and September (DNR, MSU, USFWS).

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Michigan: Facebook Live Wednesday at Oden fish hatchery

It’s the next best thing to being there! Check in with the Michigan DNR Facebook page starting around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, when fisheries staff at the Oden State Fish Hatchery will showcase the work done during the facility’s annual brown trout egg-take efforts. Viewers will get to see department fisheries staff spawn the fish and take fluid samples for fish-health testing and, possibly, what’s involved with egg rinsing and disinfection.The hatchery, in the northern Lower Peninsula’s Emmet County, is crucial to the state’s stocking and management plans.

“We typically spawn 3 1/2 million brown trout eggs per year. Some of those will be the fish reared and stocked from the Oden and Harrietta state fish hatcheries, and some are future broodstock – the mature fish we use for breeding,” said Elyse Walter, a communications specialist with the DNR Fisheries Division, who will participate in the Facebook Live from Oden. Read more

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FLIR Introduces M300 Series Marine Cameras

ARLINGTON, Va – FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) Monday announced the FLIR M300 Series, a new generation of maritime thermal cameras delivering advanced awareness-enhancing technologies, safer navigation, and seamless integration with onboard boat systems. FLIR M300 Series cameras are designed for the most demanding professional mariners and first responders who operate in the harshest marine environments.

The successor to FLIR’s industry-leading M-Series of maritime cameras, the next generation M300 Series consists of five models featuring rugged and robust new pan and tilt housings – four models with the FLIR BosonTM 640 or 320 resolution thermal camera cores and various fixed field of view (FoV) lenses, plus a visible-only model, the M300C, featuring a high-definition, color, low-light camera with 30X zoom. Read more

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Baby Sturgeon to Be Released into Tennessee River

About 500 baby Lake Sturgeon raised at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute this year will be returned to their ancestral waters. Since 2000, the Aquarium and its conservation partners have collaboratively raised and reintroduced more than 220,000 of these “living fossils” into the waters from which they had all but disappeared by the 1970s due to human activity. Counting this event, Aquarium staff will have released about 1,700 Lake Sturgeon in 2019.During the event, members of the public and the media will be invited to personally release some of the sturgeon. Each fish released will contribute to long-term conservation efforts for this species, which can reach lengths of eight feet and boast lifespans of more than 150 years.

“I am excited to get the public involved and raise awareness about Lake Sturgeon recovery,” says Tennessee Aquarium Reintroduction Biologist Meredith Harris. “Hopefully, this hands-on experience with such a cool and important fish will foster an interest in native fish conservation in our youth a well.”

Each of the fish has been gently marked with a tiny coded wire tag that will assist researchers in monitoring the movement and robustness of the species as it navigates the river system.

When / Where: Saturday, Oct. 12, at noon on the Ladd Park boat ramp — 1470 N. Kentucky Street, Kingston, TN 37763.

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USA, UAW Help Improve Access to Flint River

Contact: Dan Johnson | Union Sportsmen’s Alliance 763-244-5019 | danj@unionsportsmen.orgUnion Sportsmen’s Alliance, United Auto Workers Help Improve Access to Flint River

Flint, MI — Anglers and paddle-sports enthusiasts of all ages and physical abilities are enjoying better access to Michigan’s scenic Flint River, thanks in part to a $7,000 donation raised during the inaugural Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 1-D Conservation Dinner.

The funds, along with a matching grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), helped fuel the creation of the new Paddler’s Landing public access in Mott Park Recreation Area in Flint.

The new structure is part of an on-going, large-scale revitalization project driven by the city of Flint, Corridor Alliance Chapter (CAC) of the Flint River Watershed Coalition and other stakeholders to benefit local residents, area businesses and visitors. Read more

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Report Reaffirms Outdoor Recreation as Significant Economic Driver

Newly released economic data on the national and, for the first time ever, state levels reinforce what the outdoor recreation industry has long believed: Outdoor recreation is a powerful driver of national and local economies and it is growing faster than the U.S. economy as a whole.This is the second consecutive year that the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, has released formal, national-level data, a notable milestone for the industry now identified as a unique sector of the economy. For the first time, BEA also released preliminary data on the outdoor recreation economy at the state level for all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Having a rich set of both state and national data on outdoor recreation to draw upon will inform decision-making by businesses, policymakers, and managers of public lands and waters. Read more
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Les Cheneaux Islands fish community survey starts next week

In September 1969, the DNR began a netting survey of the channels and embayments (coastline recesses that form bays) of the Les Cheneaux Islands, located along the Lake Huron shoreline on the Upper Peninsula’s southeastern tip. For 50 years since, the DNR has returned to repeat the survey using the same gear types and same approximate sampling stations to detect changes in fish populations. This year’s survey gets underway next week.

“We’ll count each fish by species and weigh and measure them,” said Dave Fielder, a fisheries research biologist out of Alpena. “We’ll also collect spines from some species to allow us to age the fish, which helps determine growth and mortality rates.” Read more

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Tennessee Aquarium Warns of Danger Posed By Invasive Carp

Tennessee Aquarium Warns of Danger Posed By Invasive Carp, Highlights These Delicious Fish in Upcoming Dinner Fundraiser

Chattanooga, Tenn. – Eighty years ago, farmers were encouraged to plant an innocuous ornamental plant from Asia to serve as cheap ground cover and feed for livestock. Decades later, entire hillsides, power lines and forests have been devoured in kudzu’s jungle-thick, creeping conquest of the Southeast.

Despite these potent, twining reminders of the danger posed by invasive species, America is once more attempting to stem a seemingly unstoppable tide of alien invaders. This time, however, it’s not a vine that’s eating the South; it’s a fish that’s swallowing America’s waterways. Read more

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