Lake Erie

Hatchery fish to be euthanized for testing positive for IPN

glbm — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:58:03 +0000

Bob Frye, Tribune-Review

Feb 3 2012

IPN poses no threat to human health, so catching, handling and eating a fish with the virus can't hurt you, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

But once the disease is in a fish hatchery, it's tough to get rid of. That's why, when the Service's Allegheny National Fish Hatchery in Warren tested positive for IPN, it was "depopulated." All of the fish there were euthanized, so the facility could be disinfected. It later returned to producing fish.

An outbreak of disease in a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission hatchery is expected to lead to the euthanizing of some steelhead and brown trout.

IPN, or infectious pancreatic necrosis, a viral disease that can affect all kinds of fish but is particularly common among trout and salmon, was discovered three months ago in fish supplied to cooperative nurseries by the commission's Corry hatchery in Erie. Word of that discovery was made public last week.

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Algae growing under Lake Erie ice spur dead zones

glbm — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:45:23 +0000

Alethia Kaseben, Great Lakes Echo

Jan 26 2012

The Great Lakes are difficult to study during the winter. It’s cold, the ice is thick and there probably isn’t much going on under there, right?

Wrong.

Clarkson University biologist Michael Twiss and other Great Lakes scientists have discovered there is a lot going on under the ice.

“When I was working up in Canada, I won a grant to use the coast guard vessel to study for a week,” Twiss said. “I wanted to use it as late in the season as possible, which was November. We found a lot of interesting stuff. “

Among the things he discovered is a high concentration of algae in Lake Erie during the winter. That’s unlike spring when there are almost no algae present.

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Auxiliary to host safe boating class

glbm — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:43:57 +0000

The News-Messenger

Jan 4 2012

TOLEDO -- Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 16-13 will offer a safe boating class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 21 and 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 22 at Bay View Yacht Club, 3902 N. Summit.

Registration is $35.

Another class will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Lucas County Public Library, 2727 117th St., Toledo.

To register or for information, call public education officer Steve Peterson at 734-735-0577 or email plumber peterson@att.net.

Flotilla 16-15 will offer a class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Ottawa River Yacht Club, 5844 Edgewater Drive, Toledo. Registration is $30.

For information, call Hank Wasilausky at 419-698-4122.

Ohioans born after Jan. 1, 1982, must complete an approved safe boating course before operating watercraft.

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Lake Erie’s tiny new invader

glbm — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:16:45 +0000

Carol Thompson, Great Lakes Echo

Dec 28 2011

A tiny invader would have slipped into Lake Erie unnoticed if not for biologist Patrick Hudson.

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Algae danger grows in Lake Erie

glbm — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:49:41 +0000

Wesley Lowery, The Columbus Dispatch

Dec 19 2011

State environmental officials say that Lake Erie’s toxic algae blooms have never been worse and warn that fish and billions of dollars in tourism revenue are at risk.

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Who will foot bill for cleaner water?

glbm — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:14:06 +0000

Randy Ludlow, Columbus Dispatch

Dec 8 2011

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has developed a tentative long-range plan to reduce the algae-creating pollution that is choking Lake Erie and inland lakes and rivers.

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Regulators will allow Ohio nuclear plant to reope

glbm — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:44:43 +0000

Associated Press, Washington Post with Bloomberg Business

Dec 5 2011

OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Federal regulators will allow an Ohio nuclear reactor to reopen after being satisfied that cracks discovered in concrete at the plant don’t pose a safety concern.

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Ohio nuclear plant won't open until cracks studied

glbm — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:14:11 +0000

AP, Canadian Business

Nov 21 2011

OAK HARBOR, Ohio (AP) — Federal regulators say they won't allow an Ohio nuclear reactor to reopen until they find out more about cracks discovered in concrete at the plant along Lake Erie.

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Presque Isle Advisory Committee hears about algae, museum

glbm — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:08:43 +0000

Dana Massing, Erie Times-News

Nov 21 2011

The Presque Isle Advisory Committee today heard presentations about harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie and the Natural History Museum at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center.

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Erie fishery is at risk until algae dealt with

glbm — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:49:48 +0000

Steve Pollick, Toledo Blade

Nov 11 2011

It was a godsend to see a photograph of a pair of fresh-caught Lake Erie walleyes, 9-pound and 10-pound giants, taken off Huron on Tuesday.

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New species discovered in Lake Erie

glbm — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:55:18 +0000

Robb Frederick, Erie Times-News

Oct 28 2011

A federal biologist found a new species in Lake Erie in September: a tiny but prolific parasite that can attach to, and feed on, a number of different sport fish, including perch.

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More boaters, more revenue at Small Boat Harbor

glbm — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:04:38 +0000

James Fink, Buffalo Business First

Oct 27 2011

The number of boaters using the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority ’s Small Boat Harbor grew this past summer — and that’s good news for the cash-strapped authority.

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Is the Illinois River a glimpse at Lake Erie's future? The Battle Against Asian Carp

glbm — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:40:52 +0000

D'Arcy Egan, The Plain Dealer

Oct 24 2011

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — There have been experts who say the Asian carp won't survive in the Great Lakes. The water is too deep and too cold with a lack of nutrients, they suggest, and that the carp need river currents to reproduce.

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Toxic algae getting worse in Lake Erie

glbm — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:50:31 +0000

Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press

Oct 21 2011

The costly toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie in August was the worst since the early 1960s, several scientists who studied it said Wednesday in Detroit.

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Phoenix Restoration works on Point Abino Lighthouse in Fort Erie, Ontario

glbm — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:08:08 +0000

Don Procter, Daily Commercial News and Construction Record

Oct 6 2011

When it comes to testing the mettle of a building material, there’s nothing quite like exposing it to the swells and storms of a large body of water.

Take the near century-old concrete Point Abino Lighthouse built on a rocky shelf below the high water line of Lake Erie as an example. When the lake is at low ebb, a person can walk around the lighthouse off the shores of the Town of Fort Erie. But fierce lake swells can top nine feet, crashing against the sides of the 95-foot tall structure, making access impossible and wreaking havoc on the structure.

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