Great Lakes Fishery Commission

2023 Lake Meeting Presentation Videos

Lake Huron Committee

  1. Opening remarks and introductions (Tom Gorenflo and Paul Ripple, CORA)
  2. Status of prey fish in Lake Huron (Tim O’Brien, USGS)
  3. Status of sea lamprey in Lake Huron (Shawn Nowicki, USFWS)
  4. US waters of Lake Huron lake whitefish status and research (Kevin McDonnell, USFWS)
  5. ON waters of Lake Huron lake whitefish status and research (Stephen James, OMNRF)
  6. Lake Huron cisco restoration status update (Jose Bonilla-Gomez, USFWS)
  7. Lake Huron telemetry projects overview (Chris Vandergoot, GLATOS)
  8. Lake Huron invasive species surveillance update (Mike Rucinski, USFWS)
  9. Regional diet patterns of key fish species in Lake Huron (Courtney Taylor, Trent University)
  10. St. Marys River Fisheries Task Group update (Lisa O’Connor, DFO)
  11. St. Marys River lake sturgeon telemetry update (Lisa O’Connor, DFO)
  12. Status of lake trout in Lake Huron (Ji He, MDNR)
  13. Status of non-lake trout salmonids in Lake Huron (Todd Wills, MDNR and Dave Gonder, OMNRF)
  14. Status of Saginaw Bay’s walleye and yellow perch and development of a new management plan (Dave Fielder and Jeff Jolley, MDNR)
  15. ON waters of Lake Huron walleye status (Chris Davis (OMNRF)

Lake Superior Committee

  1. Opening remarks and introductions
  2. Buffalo Reef remediation update (Patrick Hanchin, MDNR)
  3. Buffalo Reef fisheries research and assessment (Mike Lowe, USGS)
  4. Trophic ecology and mercury bioaccumulation among Isle Royale Lake Charr ecotypes (Gord Paterson, Michigan Technological University)
  5. Contaminants as tracers of fish, food webs, and resource availability in Lake Superior (Noel Urban, Michigan Technological University)
  6. Status of the lower food web in Lake Superior (Annie Scofield, USEPA-GLNPO)
  7. Status of prey fish in Lake Superior (Dan Yule, USGS)
  8. Lake Superior cisco status, harvest, and management (Ian Harding, Red Cliff Band)
  9. Status of lake whitefish in Lake Superior (Ben Michaels, GLIFWC)
  10. Status of non-native salmonids in Lake Superior (Kyle Rogers, OMNRF)
  11. Status of lake trout in Lake Superior (Mike Seider, USFWS)
  12. Spring spawning of siscowet at Isle Royale (Tom Binder, USGS)
  13. Trophic dynamics of the Lake Superior fish community (Ariel Edwards, Northern Michigan University)
  14. The Use of Stable Isotopes to Show Trophic Niche Overlap of Nearshore Fishes in Lake Superior (Jesse Hanson, University of Minnesota-Duluth)
  15. Status of sea lamprey in Lake Superior (Jess Barber, USFWS and Mike Steeves, DFO)
  16. Status of brook trout in Lake Superior (Henry Quinlan, USFWS)
  17. New genomic resources for brook trout across the Lake Superior basin (Nadya Mamoozadeh and Mariah Meek, Michigan State University)
  18. Lake Superior harvest report (Mike Seider, USFWS)
  19. Status of walleye in Lake Superior (Eric Berglund, OMNRF)
  20. Status of lake sturgeon in Lake Superior (Joshua Schloesser, USFWS)
  21. Status of invasive species in Lake Superior (Jason Ross, USFWS)
  22. Lake Superior Committee FCO status assessment (Melissa Treml, MNDNR)

Upper Lakes Common Session

  1. Opening remarks and introductions (Roger Knight and John Dettmers, GLFC)
  2. An introduction to the Center for Ecosystem Management (Kevin McCann, University of Guelph)
  3. Deploying and assessing supplemental sea lamprey controls (Nick Johnson, USGS)
  4. Learning to see as another sees (Andrew Muir, GLFC)
  5. Changes in lake productivity and implications to Great Lakes fisheries management (Randy Claramunt, MDNR)
  6. Water quality of the upper Great Lakes: status, trends, and management (Annie Scofield, USEPA-GLNPO)
  7. Exploring food web consequences of nutrient targets using mechanistic ecosystem models (Ed Rutherford, NOAA-GLERL)
  8. Restoration of fish habitats in the Great Lakes (Jeff Tyson, GLFC)
  9. Experimental mussel control on Good Harbor Reef (Harvey Bootsma, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
  10. Open discussion on implications for declining offshore productivity

Lake Michigan Committee

  1. Opening remarks and introductions (Brad Eggold, WDNR) and Susan Wells, USFWS)
  2. Recent trends for Lake Michigan lower trophic levels (Steve Pothoven, NOAA-GLERL)
  3. Status of Lake Michigan prey fish in 2022 (Ralph Tingley, USGS)
  4. Saildrone acoustics – preliminary information on comparison tests in Lakes Michigan and Superior (Peter Esselman, USGS)
  5. Status of lake trout restoration in Lake Michigan (Chuck Madenjian, USGS)
  6. Predator-prey ratio analysis and Salmonid Working Group update (Ben Turschak, MDNR)
  7. Great Lakes mass marking program update (Matt Kornis, USFWS)
  8. Status of sea lamprey in Lake Michigan (Jenna Tews, USFWS)
  9. Lake Michigan state-of-the-lake dashboard report (Brad Eggold, WDNR)
  10. Green Bay acoustic telemetry update (Ted Treska, GLFC)
  11. Northern Lake Michigan reef assessment project update (Dave Clapp, MDNR)
  12. Lake trout and thiamine (Jacques Rinchard, SUNY-Brockport)
  13. Lake Michigan Committee

Lake Ontario Committee

  1. Opening remarks and introductions (Andy Todd, OMNRF and Chris Legard, NYSDEC)
  2. Status of Lake Trout restoration (Brian O'Malley, USGS)
  3. Lake Trout Workgroup 2022 activities and plans for 2023 (Dimitry Gorsky, USFWS)
  4. Atlantic salmon restoration (Colin Lake, OMNRF) and Chris Legard, NYSDEC)
  5. Sea lamprey control (Bruce Morrison, OMNRF)
  6. Wetland fish community monitoring and research in the upper St. Lawrence River (John Paul Leblanc, SUNY-ESF)
  7. 2022 Eel Passage Research Centre American Eel Light Guidance Study in the St. Lawrence River (David Stanley, Ontario Power Generation)
  8. Overview of LOC fish habitat priorities and actions (Jake La Rose (OMNRF)
  9. NY habitat restoration projects (Black River, Chaumont Bay, Salmon River) (Chris Legard, NYSDEC)
  10. Don mouth naturalization and port lands flood protection: towards the finish line of a large-scale river restoration project in the city of Toronto (Angela Wallace and Jennifer Ogrodnick, TRCA)
  11. Status of walleye and yellow perch and smallmouth bass (Sarah Beech, OMNRF)
  12. The role of Lake Ontario embayments in nearshore fish communities and local fisheries (Colin Lake and Sarah Beech, OMNRF)
  13. Lower food web status (Jim Watkins, Cornell University)
  14. 2022 prey fish assessment in Lake Ontario (Brian O'Malley (USGS)
  15. 2022 salmon and trout assessment in Lake Ontario (Mike Yuille (OMNRF)
  16. Coho salmon mass marking project results (Mike Connerton (NYSDEC)
  17. Chinook parentage based tagging - using genetics to estimate stocked and wild (Ben Marcy-Quay, University of Vermont)

Lower Lakes Common Session

  1. Common session opening remarks and introductions (Roger Knight and John Dettmers, GLFC)
  2. An introduction to the Center for Ecosystem Management (Kevin McCann, University of Guelph)
  3. From cells to ecosystems (Joey Bernhardt, University of Guelph)
  4. Deploying and assessing supplemental sea lamprey controls (Nick Johnson, USGS)
  5. Learning to see as another sees (Andrew Muir, GLFC)
  6. Changes in lake productivity and implications to Great Lakes fisheries management (Tim Johnson, OMNRF)
  7. Water quality of the lower lakes: status, trends, and management (Jenn Vincent, ECCC)
  8. Modeling approaches to understand the fish community consequences of nutrient targets in the Great Lakes (Marten Koops, DFO)
  9. Restoration of fish habitats in the Great Lakes (Jeff Tyson, GLFC)
  10. Changes in benthic substrate characteristics and their role in restoration of native lithophilic spawners (Alex Gatch, USFWS)

Lake Erie Committee

  1. Opening remarks and introductions (Jason Robinson, NYSDEC)
  2. STC update (Jim Markham, NYSDEC)
  3. Status of walleye stocks (Michael Thorn, OMNRF)
  4. Status of yellow perch stocks (Megan Belore, OMNRF)
  5. GLATOS update and walleye detection tool (Chris Vandergoot, MSU/GLATOS)
  6. Long Point Bay smallmouth bass nesting (Arthur Bonsall, OMNRF)
  7. Opening remarks and introductions (Jason Robinson, NYSDEC)
  8. 2023 TAC announcement (Jason Robinson, NYSDEC)
  9. Status of coldwater species (Tom MacDougall, OMNRF)
  10. Crystal lake cisco genetics (Joe Schmitt, USGS)
  11. Sea lamprey control in Lake Erie (Chris Eilers, USFWS)
  12. Grass carp response plan update (Eric Weimer, ODNR)
  13. Status of forage fish in Lake Erie (Zak Slagle, ODNR)
  14. Habitat projects and assessment (Stephen Marklevitz, OMNRF)
  15. Lake sturgeon rehabilitation update (Justin Chiotti, USFWS)
  16. Lake St. Clair fisheries assessment update (Andrew Briggs, MIDNR)
  17. Lake Erie Committee session wrap-up and closing remarks (Jason Robinson (NYSDEC)