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Thanks to a partnership between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife and Ohio Sea Grant, the Aquatic Visitors Center on Lake Erie's South Bass Island reopened its summer doors to visitors in 2009. Through hands-on science activities and live displays, visitors learn about Lake Erie's strong fisheries history and what programs like Sea Grant and ODNR Wildlife are doing to protect and conserve the lake's unique inhabitants.

Display panels of common Lake Erie plankton and fish help visitors and plankton fun factsused at the Aquatic Visitors Center identify species under microscope. Displays (permanent) were installed in May 2009 at the Aquatic Visitors Center at South Bass Island, OH

What is a fish Otolith is an educational display used at the visitors center to teach people what the otolith can do to help the health of fish species. Included in the display is facts about otoliths and how you can age a fish. Installed in May 2009 at Aquatic Visitors Center at South Bass Island, OH

Display panels designed to educate the general public at the Aquatic Visitors Center on basic information about Lake Erie's dead zone problem , causes, and what people can do to help. Installed in May 2009 at Aquatic Visitors Center at South Bass Island, OH

The walleye fish tracking research display described Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Sea Grant researchers' use of technology to track fish species within Lake Erie. Installed in May 2009 at Aquatic Visitors Center at South Bass Island, OH

Aquatic Invasive Species display was developed to educate the general public about the most prevalent invasives in Lake Erie including zebra mussels, round gobies, bythetrephes, and sea lamprey. Installed in May 2009 at Aquatic Visitors Center at South Bass Island, OH

As a founding partner of the Ashtabula River Partnership in 1994, Ohio Sea Grant helped the partnership achieve its long-term goals of removing more than 635,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from Ashtabula River, one of Lake Erie's important tributaries.