Contacting the Office:
Julie Morin, Acting Native American Specialist
e-mail: Julie_Morin@fws.gov
BHW Federal Building
One Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, MN 55111
Phone: 612-713-5108
Fax: 612-713-5280
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2005 Tribal
Wildlife Grant
$250,000
Engineering and Feasibility Study of the Potential Removal of the Boardman River
Dams
2005 Tribal
Landowner Incentive Program Grant
$17,800
Inventory and Protection of White Ash and Black Ash
2003 Tribal
Wildlife Grant
$160,000
Evaluate and Enhance American Martin and Other Predatory Furbearer Populations
Brett Fessell, 231-271-7655
Service Biologist
Attends North American Lake Trout Symposium
Fishery biologist Aaron
Woldt of the Alpena Fisheries Resource Office attended the Symposium
on the Ecology, Habitat, and Management of Lake Trout in North America
from August 14th to 17th in Whitehorse, Yukon. The symposium brought
state and federal management agencies and researchers together to share
jurisdictional management approaches, problems, and recent developments
regarding lake trout stocks in North America. As co-chair of the Modeling
Subcommittee (MSC) of the Technical Fisheries Committee (TFC), biologist
Woldt gave two oral presentations and was a co-author of another. The
TFC is a committee of representatives of the seven parties to the 2000
Consent Decree that oversees Decree implementation. The 2000 Consent
Decree is a 20-year negotiated agreement that allocates fish stocks in
1836 Treaty waters of the upper Great Lakes among parties. The MSC annually
updates lake trout and whitefish population models and calculates yearly
harvest limits. Woldt''s first talk was a plenary address describing
the current status and management of lake trout stocks in Michigan waters
of the Great Lakes. Special emphasis was placed on the interjurisdictional
nature of Great Lakes lake trout management. Woldt provided Lake Huron
data, and data from lakes Superior and Michigan were provided by Jory
Jonas and Shawn Sitar of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
The talk highlighted contributions from all resource agencies conducting
lake trout research in Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. These agencies
include the Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Chippewa/Ottawa
Resource Authority, Unites States Geological Survey-Great Lakes Science
Center, Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians, and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians. Woldt's second talk focused on the current status and management
of lake trout in northern Lake Huron. The talk highlighted the workings
of the MSC and TFC and described how the MSC uses statistical-catch-at-age
models to monitor progress towards rehabilitation for lake trout stocks
in 1836 Treaty waters. Conference attendees provided constructive
feedback that should aid our stock assessment and modeling efforts. Valued
discussion topics included the following: how to better estimate natural
mortality, the affects of hooking mortality in live release fisheries,
and the importance of incorporating all stake-holder input into resource
management decisions.
Resource Outputs: The
symposium was a great opportunity to present the modeling approaches
of the MSC and the status of lake trout stocks in 1836 Treaty waters
to a wide audience with experience in lake trout management. Conference
attendees provided constructive input on lake trout management and rehabilitation
that should aid our rehabilitation efforts in the Great Lakes.
Partners: Michigan
Department of Natural Resources, Chippewa/Ottawa Resource Authority,
United States Geological Survey-Great Lakes Science Center, Bay Mills
Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
