Progress Towards Nearshore Zone Fish Community Objectives
Protect, restore, and sustain the diversity of the nearshore fish community, emphasizing self-sustaining native fishes such as Walleye, Yellow Perch, Lake Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, sunfish, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Round Whitefish, and American Eel. Goals include maintaining healthy fisheries, restoring Lake Sturgeon populations, increasing American Eel abundance, and maintaining/restoring native fish communities reliant on nearshore habitats.
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Progress towards Nearshore Zone Fish Community Objectives
NEARSHORE ZONE GOAL: NEARSHORE ZONE GOAL: Protect, restore and sustain the diversity of the Protect, restore and sustain the diversity of the nearshore fish community, with an emphasis on self nearshore fish community, with an emphasis on self- - sustaining native fishes such as Walleye, Yellow Perch, sustaining native fishes such as Walleye, Yellow Perch, Lake Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Lake Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, sunfish, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Round Whitefish sunfish, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Round Whitefish and American Eel. and American Eel.
1.0 NEARSHORE ZONE GOAL: Protect, restore and sustain the diversity of the 1.0 NEARSHORE ZONE GOAL: Protect, restore and sustain the diversity of the nearshore fish community, with an emphasis on self nearshore fish community, with an emphasis on self- -sustaining native fishes such as Walleye, Yellow Perch, Lake Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, sunfish, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Lake Sturgeon, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, sunfish, Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Round Whitefish and American Eel. Northern Pike, Muskellunge, Round Whitefish and American Eel. sustaining native fishes such as 1.1 Maintain healthy, diverse fisheries 1.1 Maintain healthy, diverse fisheries - - maintain, enhance and restore self restore self- -sustaining local populations of Walleye, Yellow sustaining local populations of Walleye, Yellow Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, sunfish, Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, sunfish, Muskellunge, and Northern Pike to provide high quality, Muskellunge, and Northern Pike to provide high quality, diverse, fisheries. diverse, fisheries. maintain, enhance and Mixed 1.2 Restore Lake Sturgeon populations 1.2 Restore Lake Sturgeon populations - - increase abundance of naturally produced Lake Sturgeon to levels that would naturally produced Lake Sturgeon to levels that would support sustainable fisheries. support sustainable fisheries. increase abundance of Progress 1.3 Restore American Eel abundance 1.3 Restore American Eel abundance - - increase abundance (recruitment and escapement) of naturally produced (recruitment and escapement) of naturally produced American Eel to levels that would support sustainable American Eel to levels that would support sustainable fisheries. fisheries. increase abundance X 1.4 Maintain and restore native fish communities 1.4 Maintain and restore native fish communities - - maintain and restore native nearshore fish communities, including species restore native nearshore fish communities, including species that rely on nearshore habitat for part of their life cycle. that rely on nearshore habitat for part of their life cycle. maintain and ?
Progress towards Offshore Pelagic Zone Fish Community Objectives
OFFSHORE PELAGIC ZONE GOAL OFFSHORE PELAGIC ZONE GOAL Maintain the offshore pelagic fish community, that is Maintain the offshore pelagic fish community, that is characterized by a diversity of trout and salmon characterized by a diversity of trout and salmon species including Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, species including Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Atlantic Salmon, in Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Atlantic Salmon, in balance with prey fish populations and lower trophic balance with prey fish populations and lower trophic levels. levels.
2.0 OFFSHORE PELAGIC ZONE GOAL: Maintain the offshore pelagic fish community, 2.0 OFFSHORE PELAGIC ZONE GOAL: Maintain the offshore pelagic fish community, that is characterized by a diversity of trout and salmon species including Chinook that is characterized by a diversity of trout and salmon species including Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Atlantic Salmon, in balance Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Atlantic Salmon, in balance with prey fish populations and lower trophic levels. with prey fish populations and lower trophic levels. 2.1 Maintain the Chinook Salmon fishery 2.1 Maintain the Chinook Salmon fishery maintain Chinook Salmon as the top offshore pelagic predator Chinook Salmon as the top offshore pelagic predator supporting trophy recreational lake and tributary supporting trophy recreational lake and tributary fisheries through stocking, accounting for natural fisheries through stocking, accounting for natural reproduction. reproduction. maintain 2.2 Restore Atlantic Salmon populations and fisheries 2.2 Restore Atlantic Salmon populations and fisheries - - restore naturally produced populations to levels restore naturally produced populations to levels supporting sustainable recreational fisheries in the supporting sustainable recreational fisheries in the lake and selected tributaries and also provide lake and selected tributaries and also provide recreational fisheries where appropriate through recreational fisheries where appropriate through stocking. stocking. Progress 2.3 Increase prey fish diversity 2.3 Increase prey fish diversity - - maintain and restore a diverse prey fish community that includes Alewife, diverse prey fish community that includes Alewife, Lake Cisco, Rainbow Smelt, Emerald Shiner, and Lake Cisco, Rainbow Smelt, Emerald Shiner, and Threespine Threespine Stickleback. Stickleback. maintain and restore a X
2.0 OFFSHORE PELAGIC ZONE GOAL: Maintain the offshore pelagic fish community, 2.0 OFFSHORE PELAGIC ZONE GOAL: Maintain the offshore pelagic fish community, that is characterized by a diversity of trout and salmon species including Chinook that is characterized by a diversity of trout and salmon species including Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Atlantic Salmon, in balance Salmon, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Atlantic Salmon, in balance with prey fish populations and lower trophic levels. with prey fish populations and lower trophic levels. Continued Continued 2.4 Maintain predator/prey balance 2.4 Maintain predator/prey balance - - maintain abundance of top predators (stocked and wild) in balance with available prey predators (stocked and wild) in balance with available prey fish. fish. maintain abundance of top 2.5 Maintain Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) fisheries 2.5 Maintain Rainbow Trout (Steelhead) fisheries maintain fisheries through stocking and, where appropriate, enhance fisheries through stocking and, where appropriate, enhance naturally produced populations supporting recreational lake naturally produced populations supporting recreational lake and tributary fisheries for Rainbow Trout. and tributary fisheries for Rainbow Trout. maintain X X 2.6 Maintain Brown Trout and Coho Salmon fisheries 2.6 Maintain Brown Trout and Coho Salmon fisheries maintain the recreational lake and tributary fisheries for Brown Trout the recreational lake and tributary fisheries for Brown Trout and Coho Salmon through stocking. and Coho Salmon through stocking. maintain
Progress towards Deep Pelagic and Offshore Benthic Zone Fish Community Objectives
DEEP PELAGIC AND OFFSHORE DEEP PELAGIC AND OFFSHORE BENTHIC ZONE GOAL BENTHIC ZONE GOAL Protect and restore the diversity of the offshore Protect and restore the diversity of the offshore benthic fish community composed of a mix of self benthic fish community composed of a mix of self- - sustaining native species including Lake Trout, Burbot, sustaining native species including Lake Trout, Burbot, Lake Whitefish, Lake Whitefish, deepwater deepwater ciscoes, Slimy Sculpin, and ciscoes, Slimy Sculpin, and Deepwater Sculpin Deepwater Sculpin
3.0 DEEP PELAGIC AND OFFSHORE BENTHIC ZONE GOAL: Protect and restore the 3.0 DEEP PELAGIC AND OFFSHORE BENTHIC ZONE GOAL: Protect and restore the diversity of the offshore benthic fish community composed of a mix of self diversity of the offshore benthic fish community composed of a mix of self- -sustaining native species including Lake Trout, native species including Lake Trout, Burbot Burbot, Lake Whitefish, , Lake Whitefish, deepwater Sculpin Sculpin, and , and Deepwater Deepwater Sculpin Sculpin. . sustaining ciscoes, Slimy deepwater ciscoes, Slimy 3.1 Restore Lake Trout populations 3.1 Restore Lake Trout populations restore self populations to function as the top populations to function as the top deepwater can support sustainable recreational fisheries. can support sustainable recreational fisheries. restore self- -sustaining deepwater predator that predator that sustaining Mixed 3.2 Increase Lake Whitefish abundance 3.2 Increase Lake Whitefish abundance - - increase abundance in northeastern waters and re northeastern waters and re- -establish historic spawning populations in other areas. populations in other areas. increase abundance in establish historic spawning X 3.3 Increase prey fish diversity 3.3 Increase prey fish diversity maintain and restore a diverse prey fish community that includes prey fish community that includes deepwater Sculpin Sculpin, and , and Deepwater Deepwater Sculpin Sculpin. . maintain and restore a diverse deepwater ciscoes, Slimy ciscoes, Slimy ? 3.4 Control Sea Lamprey 3.4 Control Sea Lamprey suppress abundance of Sea Lamprey suppress abundance of Sea Lamprey to levels that will not impede achievement of objectives for to levels that will not impede achievement of objectives for Lake Trout and other fish. Lake Trout and other fish.
