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
R/ER-019-PD 
Started: 3/1/1990, Status: CompletedFish Effects on Algal Biomass and Species Composition in an Estuary: A Pilot Study
R/MRC-001-PD 
Started: 6/1/1990, Status: CompletedCinetransect and Stationary Underwater Video Assessment of the Lorain Artificial Reef: Lake Erie, Lorain, Ohio
R/ME-012 
Started: 9/1/1990, Status: CompletedThe Role of Fishing and the Zebra Mussel on the Tourism Industry
R/ER-018-PD 
Started: 6/1/1991, Status: CompletedAn Analysis of the Role of Invertebrate Predators in Determining the Success of Lake Reclamation by Planktivore Removal: A Demonstration Project
R/LR-003-PD 
Started: 8/1/1993, Status: CompletedPopulation Genetics of Three Percid Fishes (Walleye, Yellow Perch, and Ruffe) in the Great Lakes
R/ZM-021 
Started: 9/1/1993, Status: CompletedFoodchain Contamination of Edible Fish Through Zebra Mussel Directed Trophic Transfer
R/ER-027 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedUse of Electron Transport System Enzyme Activity to Estimate Respiration in Bioenergetics Models of Juvenile Fish: Growth and Compensation of Zooplankton
R/ER-031-PD 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedGenetics Studies of the Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in the Great Lakes Region
R/PS-013 
Started: 9/1/1994, Status: CompletedPartitioning of Priority Pollutants into Edible Fish and Quantitative Human Risk Assessment
R/MRC-003-PD
Started: 4/15/1995Cinetransect Underwater Video Assessment of the Lakewood Artificial Reef - Cleveland, Ohio
R/ER-047
Started: 9/1/1997The Genetic Population Structure of the Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
R/LR-004 
Started: 3/1/1998, Status: CompletedGenetic Characterization of Walleye Stocks Based on Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences
R/ZM-028
Started: 3/1/1998Substrate and Zebra Mussels: Controls and Impacts on Fish Reproductive Habitat--Western Basin Reefs
