GLIN==> Ask a Scientist: About Smelt

["Marie E. Zhuikov" <mzhuikov@d.umn.edu>]

                              MN SEA GRANT
                              NEWS RELEASE
4/24/2007
Contact: Marie Zhuikov, mzhuikov@umn.edu, (218) 726-7677

                    Ask A Scientist About Smelt

What happened to Lake Superior's legendary smelt population? University 
of Minnesota Duluth fisheries specialist Jeff Gunderson will talk about 
the mystery of the missing smelt at two coffee houses in May as part of 
Minnesota Sea Grant's "Ask a Scientist" discussion series. The 
discussions will take place on:

Tuesday, May 1, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Blue Water Cafe
On the harbor, Grand Marais, MN

Wednesday, May 2, 7 to 8 p.m.
Amazing Grace Bakery and Cafe
Canal Park, Duluth, MN

Rainbow smelt, an introduced fish species, were so numerous 30 years 
ago that people scooped them from Lake Superior streams by the 
thousands during spring spawning runs. That was before a mass smelt 
die-off and the sea lamprey population was brought under control.

Find out more about the free "Ask a Scientist" discussions and at 
www.seagrant.umn.edu/news.

"Ask a Scientist" takes place on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of 
each month. Inspired by the internationally successful Cafe 
Scientifique and backed by Nova scienceNOW, Minnesota Sea Grant invites 
youths and adults to eat, drink, talk science!

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