Great Lakes Fishery Commission

2022 Lake Meeting Presentation Videos

Lake Superior Committee Meeting

  1. Lake Superior Committee opening remarks (Missy Treml, MNDNR)
  2. Lake Charr bathymetry study (Shawn Sitar, MIDNR)
  3. Summer survey of lake trout trends (Dray Carl, WIDNR)
  4. Sea lamprey control update (Mike Steeves, DFO)
  5. PFAS/PFOS in Lake Superior [Part 1] (Brandon Armstrong, MI EGLE and Lisa Fischer, MI DHHS)
  6. PFAS/PFOS in Lake Superior [Part 2] (Brandon Armstrong, MI EGLE and Lisa Fischer, MI DHHS)
  7. Trophic ecology of leans and siscowets (Brandon Gerig, NMU)
  8. Nuisance algae in Lake Superior (Kait Reinl, UW-Madison)
  9. Lake sturgeon CSMI reporting (Joshua Schloesser, USFWS)
  10. Black Bay/Black Sturgeon River walleye study (Kyle Stratton, OMNDMNRF)

Lake Huron Committee Meeting

  1. Prey fish report (Darryl Hondorp, USGS)
  2. Sea Lamprey Control Program update (Gale Bravener, DFO)
  3. St. Marys River Fishery Task Group update (Rusty Aikens, Sault Ste Marie Tribe)
  4. Combined Canadian whitefish telemetry project update (Jason Ritchie, OMNDMNRF)
  5. Saginaw Bay cisco telemetry project update (Todd Hayden, USGS)
  6. “GobyBot” and deepwater electrofishing to assess round goby abundance [Part 1] (Rachel Henderson, OMNDMNRF and Peter Esselman, USGS)
  7. “GobyBot” and deepwater electrofishing to assess round goby abundance [Part 2] (Rachel Henderson, OMNDMNRF and Peter Esselman, USGS)
  8. Cisco stocking and evaluation update (Kevin McDonnell, USFWS)
  9. Saginaw River sturgeon program update (Justin Chiotti, USFWS)
  10. Pond rearing whitefish (Rusty Aikens, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe)

Lake Michigan Committee Meeting

  1. Trends in pelagic and benthic lower food webs (Steve Pothoven, NOAA)
  2. Status of Lake Michigan Salmonid Working Group (Nick Legler, WIDNR)
  3. Status of forage fish (Dave Warner (USGS), Ralph Tingley, USGS)
  4. Status of lake trout restoration in Lake Michigan (Chuck Madenjian, USGS)
  5. Lake trout strain evaluation (Jory Jonas, MIDNR)
  6. Great Lakes tag and recovery – lake trout results (Matt Kornis, USFWS)
  7. Great Lakes tag and recovery – steelhead results (Matt Kornis, USFWS)
  8. Status of inshore fish community (Dave Clapp, MIDNR)
  9. Status and rehab of lake sturgeon (Jess Collier, USFWS)
  10. Status of lake whitefish (Kevin Donner, LTBB)
  11. Sea Lamprey Control update (Jenna Tews, USFWS)
  12. Smallmouth bass health status (Nicole Nietlisbach, WIDNR)
  13. Lakewide estimate of round goby: 2020 assessment data (Peter Esselman, USGS)
  14. Lake Michigan environmental priorities (Dave Clapp, MIDNR)
  15. Reef assessment work in Lake Michigan (Matt Herbert, TNC)
  16. Telemetry update (Darryl Hondorp, USGS)
  17. Milwaukee AOC and status of surrounding AOCs (Brennan Dow, WIDNR and Brianna Kupsky, WIDNR)
  18. Calumet River work (Michael Spinar, INDNR)
  19. Conclusion and wrap-up (Bradley Eggold, WIDNR)

Lake Ontario Committee Meeting

  1. Lower food web monitoring in Lake Ontario (Jim Watkins, Cornell U.)
  2. Preyfish status report and work group plans for 2022 (Brian O’Malley, USGS)
  3. Predator status report and work group plans for 2022 (Michael Yuille, OMNDMNRF)
  4. Lake trout status report and work group plans for 2022 (Brian Lantry, USGS and Dimitry Gorsky, USFWS)
  5. Using acoustic telemetry to inform fisheries management in Lake Ontario (Tim Johnson, OMNDMNRF)
  6. Progress in Lake Ontario’s coregonine restoration framework (Brian Weidel, USGS)
  7. Nearshore fish community status report and walleye movement in Lake Ontario’s eastern basin (Jessica Goretzke, NYSDEC)
  8. Assessing the status of fish populations in the Toronto and Hamilton areas of concern (Jon Midwood, DFO)
  9. Sea lamprey control in Lake Ontario & plans for 2022 (Bruce Morrison, DFO)

Lake Erie Committee Meeting

  1. STC update (Jim Markham, NYSDEC)
  2. Status of walleye stocks (Stephen Marklevitz, OMNDMNRF)
  3. Status of yellow perch stocks (Megan Belore, OMNDMNRF)
  4. TAC announcement
  5. Status of coldwater species (Tom MacDougall, OMNDMNRF)
  6. Coregonine research in Lake Erie (Richard Kraus, USGS)
  7. Sea lamprey control in Lake Erie (Lexi Sumner, DFO)
  8. Habitat projects and assessment (Cleyo Harris, MIDNR)
  9. Status of forage fish (Zak Slagle, ODNR)
  10. Lake St. clair fisheries assessment update (Andrew Briggs, MIDNR)