Close to 150,000 chinook salmon fingerlings awaiting release from Sturgeon Bay's Strawberry Creek are "holding their own" so far, according to Paul Peeters, lakeshore fish team supervisor of the Department of Natural Resources office in Sturgeon Bay.

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Two Lake Erie fishermen say they are taking the Ontario government to court to challenge how fishing quotas are set, because the American sports fishing industry is being favoured at the expense of Ontario's commercial fishing industry.

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You're at the grocery store or restaurant, and trying to choose what kind of fish to eat. But which fish are the best fish when it comes to sustainability?

For the first time, the answers to questions about Great Lakes fish are contained in a Right Bite card put out by the Shedd Aquarium of Chicago.

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Emergency rules put in place for viral hemorrhagic septicemia, the fish-killing VHS virus found in the Lake Winnebago watershed, go into effect Sunday. While much of the focus has been on the Winnebago System in recent weeks, Department of Natural Resources fisheries director Mike Staggs is encouraging boaters anywhere to take common-sense steps to reduce the likelihood they'll spread aquatic invasive species or the VHS virus.

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