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/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/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/SP-002-PD
Started: 9/1/1982, Status: CompletedThe Traditions and Customs of the Commercial Fishing Industry in Erie, Sandusky, and Ottawa Counties, Ohio: A Research and Publication Projects
R/ME-012
Started: 9/1/1990, Status: CompletedThe Role of Fishing and the Zebra Mussel on the Tourism Industry
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/ER-047
Started: 9/1/1997The Genetic Population Structure of the Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens
R/ER-065-PD
Started: 6/1/2003, Status: CompletedThe fish assemblage of Metzger Marsh: Continued assessment of the effects of restoration
R/ME-004
Started: 9/1/1986, Status: CompletedThe Application of Household Production Theory to Recreational Trip Behavior and Implications for Economic Value of Fisheries Behaviors
R/ME-009
Started: 9/1/1988, Status: CompletedSupply Side Benefits of Fisheries: Estimation of Incremental Economic Impacts Using Input-Output
R/ZM-028
Started: 3/1/1998Substrate and Zebra Mussels: Controls and Impacts on Fish Reproductive Habitat--Western Basin Reefs
A/P-001
Started: 9/1/1979, Status: CompletedPublication and Distribution of the Fishes of Ohio, 2nd Edition, by Milton B. Trautman
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/ER-048-PD
Started: 4/1/1998, Status: CompletedPopulation Dynamics of Coral Reef Fish: Consequences of the Pelagic to Demersal Phase Transition on Juvenile Recruitment Success.
