As spring finally arrives in fits and starts to Minnesota’s North Shore a dedicated group of fishers armed with dip nets and seines eagerly watch the river flows and water temperatures in anticipation of Lake Superior’s annual Rainbow Smelt run. Most fish prognosticators are predicting at least a two-week delay in this year’s Smelt run due to the late winter thaw and the cool temperatures forecast over the remaining weeks of April and early May.
Image credit: Don Schreiner.
Duluth, Minn. The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and partners are investigating new strategies for increasing in-state production of Golden Shiner fish for Minnesota’s bait industry. The project is supported by a three-year $188,000 grant from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources.
Minnesota's aquaculture industry needs a state-funded comprehensive plan and more investor support to take the next step, according to the president of the Minnesota Aquaculture Association.
Minnesota's aquaculture industry needs a state-funded comprehensive plan and more investor support to take the next step, according to the president of the Minnesota Aquaculture Association.
Minnesota's aquaculture industry needs a state-funded comprehensive plan and more investor support to take the next step, according to the president of the Minnesota Aquaculture Association.