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-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/EM-007 
Started: 1/1/1987, Status: CompletedApplication of Fish Community Models to the Development of Multi--species Fishery Management
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/MRC-003-PD
Started: 4/15/1995Cinetransect Underwater Video Assessment of the Lakewood Artificial Reef - Cleveland, Ohio
R/LR-002 
Started: 9/1/1986, Status: CompletedCompetitive Interactions of the Invading White Perch with the Yellow Perch of Lake Erie
R/ER-008 
Started: 1/1/1987, Status: CompletedConnecting Water Quality to Fish Community Dynamics: Effect of Phosphorus Loading on Zooplankton
R/ME-002 
Started: 9/1/1981, Status: CompletedDescription and Analytical Marketing Study of a Commercial Fishery
R/A-020-PD
Started: 4/1/2008Developing the second generation of fast-growing line of yellow perch via marker-assisted cohort selection
R/MD-001 
Started: 9/1/1978, Status: CompletedDevelopment of Markets and Methods of Marketing Freshwater Drum and Other Under-utilized Species Including New Packaging Techniques
R/PS-027-PD
Started: 6/1/2000Digestive physiology as it relates to food preference as a mechanism explaining differential bioaccumulation of lipophilic pollutants among benthic invertebrates
R/ER-029-PD
Started: 6/1/2003Distribution and abundance of fishes in native and non-native macrophytes in Old Woman Creek estuary
R/ER-010 
Started: 1/1/1987, Status: CompletedDynamics of Zooplankton-Fish Interactions: Impact of the Introduction of Bythotrephes cederstroemi
