fishing industry

21 Great Lakes region fishing companies have signed the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge. They hope to use all parts of commercially caught fish by 2025, not just the filets.

Fish consumption advisories usually focus on one chemical at a time – like mercury – and these advisories tell you how much of each kind of fish you…

Scientists have been worried about the herring population in Lake Superior recently. In fact, last year they warned it might collapse.Lake Superior is the…

The State of Michigan is weighing whether to open the door to commercial fish farming in the Great Lakes. Millions of rainbow trout are raised for food...

There’s a new report card of sorts out on fish sold commercially from the Great Lakes.It’s from Seafood Watch. That’s a program at Monterey Bay Aquarium…

The bass are getting fat.Lake Michigan was recently recognized as one of the best places in America to fish for bass. The booming fishery is one sign of…

TRAVERSE CITY – Many fish markets in the Great Lakes region are running short of whitefish, and it's coming at a bad time: the Passover holiday.Whitefish…

Lake sturgeon are amazing fish. They can weigh several hundred pounds and they can live to be 100 years old.Sturgeon used to be abundant throughout the…

by Peter Payette for The Environment ReportThe people who manage salmon in Lake Michigan will have to decide soon how many fish to put into the lake. The…

Five Great Lakes states are waiting to find out if the U.S. Supreme Court will hear their case calling for more decisive measures to keep Asian carp from…