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AUGUST 23, 2010

NEWS RELEASES:  FISHERIES

GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION SPONSORED RESEARCH

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is pleased to inform you about the completion of several research projects related to the Great Lakes fishery.  A summary of the research, and links to a complete news release, are below.



PORTRAYAL OF Cormorants CHANGES from victim to PERPETRATOR-Researchers from Michigan State University recently completed a study about media reporting on cormorant management in Canada and the U.S. and concluded that during the past thirty years, representations of cormorants in the print media have shifted from cormorants being the victim to being the perpetrator of risk to wildlife and the environment.  The Michigan State University study, part of a larger study jointly funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, was aimed at better understanding how media coverage may have influenced public attitudes about the birds and their management in the Great Lakes . . . . [complete release at www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr100823_6.pdf<http://www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr100823_6.pdf>]



Key research needs identified for restoration of Great Lakes deepwater fishes - A study released recently by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has identified key scientific needs that will encourage the restoration of extirpated native deepwater fish species of the Great Lakes.  The study identifies questions for further research on three lake trout varieties, three cisco species, and two sculpin species.  These research topics combine conceptual ecological understanding with practical application to the Great Lakes system. The central premise is the need to re-establish natural ecosystem processes . . . . [complete release at www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr100823_4.pdf<http://www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr100823_4.pdf>]


Zebra mussels reconfigure "social" interactions to their benefit - Zebra mussels, an invasive mollusk from Eurasia, have had dramatic effects on food web relationships in the Bay of Quinte, Ontario, and Oneida Lake, New York, according to research supported by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.  Using a novel research approach that combined social science research methods with ecological food web analysis, researchers from Michigan State University have quantified how zebra mussels have redirected the flow of vital energy in the two systems.  This redirection of energy increased the production of plants and animals associated with the lake bottom at the expense of the algae and animals found higher in the water column . . . . [complete release at www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr100823_5.pdf<http://www.glfc.org/pressrel/pr100823_5.pdf>]






The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is an international organization established by the United States and Canada through the 1954 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries.  The commission has the responsibility to support fisheries research, control the invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes, and facilitate implementation of A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries, a provincial, state, and tribal fisheries management agreement.  To learn more about the commission and its research program, visit www.glfc.org<http://www.glfc.org/>.


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