Future of Fisheries: Perspectives for Emerging Professionals
Fisheries Decision Making: Advice from the Introduction of Pacific Salmonids into the Great Lakes
Howard A. Tanner and Abigail J. Lynch
doi: https://doi.org/10.47886/9781934874387.ch55
Dead Alewives Alosa pseudoharengus strewn across beaches, a stinking, rotting mess. Empty fishing ports with the collapse of native fish communities and traditional commercial fisheries. Great Lakes state residents more willing to make donations to save the whales and dolphins than the Great Lakes in their own backyards. In the 1960s, Great Lakes fisheries managers were faced with a mandate of conservation with little resource to conserve. What decisions needed to be made?