Fish, Fishing and Fisheries
Great Lakes fisheries are subject to pressures from natural population fluctuations, invasive species, commercial and recreational fishing interests, etc. Ohio Sea Grant is a frequent partner with agencies, academia, and private-sector interests to enhance fishing and understanding of Great Lakes fish populations and ecology. Our research has helped differentiate stocks based on genetics and microchemistry, quantify the value of steelhead angling in Ohio, demonstrate fish use of coastal habitats, and more. Ohio Sea Grant provides unbiased information to help manage resources amongst diverse users and facilitate discussion of issues that are often controversial.
Project List
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R/ES-008-PD
Started: 6/1/2008, Status: CompletedThe influence of seasonality in the prevalence of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) infection in adult yellow perch
R/A-020-PD
Started: 4/1/2008Developing the second generation of fast-growing line of yellow perch via marker-assisted cohort selection
R/LR-007
Started: 3/1/2004, Status: CompletedWalleye And Yellow Perch Stock Structure In The Great Lakes: A High-Resolution DNA Data Base For Fishery Management
R/LR-008
Started: 3/1/2005Employing Trace Element Contents of Otoliths for Fish Stock Discrimination and Habitat Use
R/ER-055
Started: 3/1/2000Modeling Smallmouth Bass Consumption of Round Goby in Lake Erie: Implications for Predator Growth and Contaminant transfer
R/LR-009-PD
Started: 4/1/2005, Status: CompletedGenetic Diversity and Divergence of Darter and Unionid Populations as Urban Ecological Indicators
R/ER-065-PD
Started: 6/1/2003, Status: CompletedThe fish assemblage of Metzger Marsh: Continued assessment of the effects of restoration
R/ER-029-PD
Started: 6/1/2003Distribution and abundance of fishes in native and non-native macrophytes in Old Woman Creek estuary
R/LR-005
Started: 3/1/2001, Status: CompletedGenetic Structure of Smallmouth Bass Populations from Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
R/ME-028
Started: 3/1/2002Estimating the Spatial and Temporal Benefits of Recreational Boating and Angling in the Lake Erie Basin
R/LR-006-PD
Started: 12/1/2001, Status: CompletedEvaluation of Employing Trace Element Contents of Otoliths as a Natural Tag Using Lake Erie White Bass (Morone chrysops)
R/LR-004
Started: 3/1/1998, Status: CompletedGenetic Characterization of Walleye Stocks Based on Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences
