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MSU Researcher Leads Innovative Effort To Protect Lake Whitefish Using Genetic Markers
East Lansing, MI — Earlier this year, Jason Smith, a fisheries biologist with the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, spoke with Interlochen Public Radio (IPR) about an ominous trend threatening one of the Great Lakes’ most foundational and key fish species: lake whitefish.
“Even if we bring (commercial fishing) harvest to zero, the lakes are still headed toward extirpation,” Smith told IPR in January about the species.
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