GLIN==> Press release: New Fish Fact Sheet Series Encourages Habitat Projects

PRESS RELEASE:  February 12, 2010
Contact:  David B. MacNeill, New York Sea Grant, 315-312-3042
Direct link to fact sheets:
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/glsportfish/article.asp?ArticleID=377
 
New Fish Fact Sheet Series Encourages Habitat Projects
 
Oswego, NY -- New York Sea Grant and the State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) have issued a
series of seven fact sheets focused on the preferred habitats, risks to and
tips for improving habitats for three species of fish: Northern pike,
muskellunge (musky) and walleye. The series, created for SUNY-ESF¹s
³Conservation Strategy for Enhancement of St. Lawrence River Native Fish
Populations² project is posted online at www.nysgextension.org.

³Recent studies have improved our understanding of the relationships between
fish populations and their habitats. This understanding of such factors as
the water depth and temperature, bottom types, and oxygen levels needed for
each stage of a fish¹s life cycle supports successful fish habitat
improvement projects,² says series author and New York Sea Grant Fisheries
Specialist David B. MacNeill.

Thousand Islands Biological Station Director Dr. John M. Farrell, an
associate professor of SUNY-ESF associate professor of aquatic ecology,
contributed research on fish populations in the St. Lawrence River to the
fact sheet series. He is part of a research team that has developed new fish
habitat study tools to determine just how much spawning habitat is available
for Northern pike, musky and walleye.

The fact sheet series identifies the type of threats to Northern pike, musky
and walleye habitat, emphasizes the need for agency-landowner collaboration,
and identifies funding sources for collaborative projects.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish Enhancement, Mitigation
and Research Fund provided project funding. Other project partners include
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey, USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service, Save the River and Thousand Islands Land
Trust. #
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