MANISTEE – Efforts to reintroduce Arctic grayling fish populations to northern Michigan waters has taken a step forward, thanks to a $24,159 grant from the Manistee County Community Foundation (MCCF).
Arctic grayling return to Michigan as reintroduction initiative gains momentum
Arctic grayling were once in abundance, but human actions caused their demise. There s a statewide collaboration that s on a mission to restore the native species. Author: Brent Ashcroft Updated: 6:18 PM EDT May 18, 2021
MANISTEE, Mich. Around the onset of the 20th Century, Arctic grayling went from being the most abundant fish in Michigan waters, to being completely gone.
This cold water fish was mostly found in Michigan s northern, lower peninsula and served as the backbone of how the state s game and commercial fishing industry began.
What led to grayling s demise, and in the decades since, why has every restoration attempt failed?
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Carol Thompson
Lansing State Journal
LANSING Nicole Watson boarded the plane in Fairbanks, Alaska with delicate and peculiar cargo, a foam box marked live animals just small enough to fit under the seat on the long flight to Detroit.
Inside the box were thousands of gooey globular fish eggs, the future of a species that vanished from Michigan streams a century ago and has since evaded attempts to restore it in its native home.
Watson, a Michigan State University doctoral student, is part of a team of scientists working on a new effort to reintroduce the fish, Arctic grayling, to Michigan s inland streams. Biologists from tribes, universities and the state government are collaborating on a years-long project to bring back the lost icon.