arctic grayling

The Arctic grayling fish was nearly wiped out in Michigan a century ago as a result of logging, overfishing, and invasive species. Using native Alaska Arctic grayling, Michigan is reintroducing the fish.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently released 1,800 Arctic grayling in three lakes. The fish are surplus fish from a broodstock at the Marquette State Fish Hatchery, which is raising grayling that they hope will reproduce.

Arctic Grayling are a fish that used to be native to Michigan's waterways. About a century ago, Michigan's populations were decimated by overfishing,…