Cisco Is Now An Endangered Species And Illegal To Catch
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DNR Division of Fish &Wildlife fisheries aide Aaron Voirol holds a cisco captured at Crooked Lake during a 2019 fish community survey.
Courtesy of Indiana DNR
Last month, Indiana declared three animals endangered species in the state — including a native coldwater fish called the cisco. Because runoff pollution and algal blooms have polluted its habitat, the fish’s numbers have been going down for decades.
Back in the 1950s, ciscoes lived in more than 40 lakes in the state. Now they only live in seven in northeast Indiana — Failing Lake, Indiana Lake, North Twin and South Twin lakes, Lake Gage, Eve Lake, and Crooked Lake.