Project Grant MF40710640001

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission received a $200,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605). This one-year award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, supports the Commission's comprehensive fisheries management and conservation efforts in the Great Lakes region. Key activities funded through this grant include developing new sea lamprey control methods, restoring and...

The University of Toledo received a $120,214 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (CFDA 15.808 - USGS Research and Data Collection program) to evaluate the impact of climate change on fish populations in Lake Erie. The research project aims to develop Bayesian hierarchical models analyzing long-term data on weather, water conditions, and fish recruitment in Lake Erie. Key deliverables include scientific publications, a PhD dissertation chapter, and a GitHub repository with...

This $166,454 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) supports a 5-year research collaboration to evaluate how adult fish use reef habitats and assess the impact of invasive mussels on the survival of fish eggs and larvae in the Great Lakes. The primary activities include initiating a before-after-control-impact (BACI) study to monitor lake whitefish adult use, egg deposition, and larval production...

This $332,857 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) program will support a collaborative research project to evaluate characteristics of prey biochemistry and predator foraging that contribute to thiamine deficiency complex (TDC) in lake trout populations in the Great Lakes region. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) compare the nutritional quality of prey fishes in Lakes...

This $220,740.24 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 will fund research to determine genetic stock structure and diversity among Lake Superior walleye spawning aggregates. The research team from eight state, provincial, federal, and tribal agencies representing Lake Superior waters will apply high-resolution genomic tools to quantify genetic differentiation among known spawning sites and identify mixed stock contributions throughout the lake...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award for $108,388.00, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), supports a research project to investigate the relationship between ice cover and water movement at fish spawning reefs in Lake Erie. The objective is to observe the effects of ice cover on currents, waves, and bottom stress at one or two spawning reefs, across a range of environmental conditions, over two winter field seasons....

This $442,568 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) will fund a study conducted by the University of Wisconsin System to better understand the movements and spatial distributions of lake whitefish stocks in the Great Lakes region. The research aims to determine: 1) the proportion of lake whitefish spawning in the Big Bay de Noc (BBDN) area that return to spawn there annually, 2) seasonal residency patterns of...

This $2,705,658 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) supports the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in maintaining and improving the state's fisheries resources. The project will collect, analyze, and synthesize data from a range of fisheries surveys and assessments to inform management strategies for key sport fish species like salmonids, walleye, northern pike, and...

This $649,942 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 will fund research at Michigan State University to assess potential impacts of splake introgression on brook trout and lake trout populations in Lake Superior. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the research team will conduct genomic sequencing on wild-caught brook trout and lake trout to determine if splake introgression is occurring and identify locations where it may be impacting the native...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) a $137,006 Project Grant under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) to increase coordination of outreach and engagement with the bait industry and state, provincial, and tribal agencies in the Great Lakes basin. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a regional bait identification guide to be distributed to bait retailers and conservation law enforcement staff. Hosting a...