The relay swim, in honor of 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, will cover 411 miles and aims to ...

It's a fish story with a big, unexpected plot twist. A native Great Lakes whitefish thought extinct for nearly 40 years has been rediscovered by scientists – in the wrong Great Lake.. The ...

Lake Whitefish were nearly eradicated from the Great Lakes a century ago by commercial overfishing. Habitat loss, pollution and the invasive sea lamprey further reduced their numbers. Populations ...

Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was built on lake whitefish, but for the past two decades, that species has been on the decline. It's now on the brink of collapse in parts of two of the lakes.

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission on Thursday will hear a presentation on the looming collapse of whitefish in lakes ...

Whitefish, historically, have been among the most abundant native fish in the Great Lakes, and that's why they've sort of earned our love and respect as a society.

The 100% idea is being applied first to whitefish but could also be used to create high value and benefits from lake trout, walleye, yellow perch and other species in the Great Lakes region, said ...

Whitefish that is farmed from the Great Lakes is both declining in population and not living up to its full potential. A new initiative led by the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence ...

Disaster on the Great Lakes isn’t limited to Whitefish Bay. One of the worst wrecks in all the Great Lakes happened in Lake Michigan in 1860. The 252-foot Lady Elgin, ...

The initial focus of 100% Great Lakes Fish is lake whitefish. But it hopes to expand to include yellow perch, walleye and lake trout in waters where those species are commercially fished.

A consortium that includes the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Sea Grant and ...

WANSCHURA: The current value of an average Great Lakes whitefish is around $15. Naftzger thinks it's realistic to double, even triple that amount in the next several years by using more of each fish.