The Great Lakes region is home to a multitude of important fisheries and an unfortunate history of fish trafficking
Based on climbing alewife populations, the Michigan DNR believes that it is once again time to stock Lake Michigan with more Chinook.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources began tracking the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Lake Michigan salmon in 1975. That was two years before their use and manufacture was banned in the United States.