Illinois DNR
Springfield, Ill.--The Illinois DNR, along with partnering fishery management agencies around Lake Michigan, today announced plans for a 62 percent lake-wide reduction in Chinook salmon stocking beginning in 2017. The stocking reduction represents a commitment by fishery managers to maintain a quality and diversified Lake Michigan salmon and trout fishery in the face of a changing ecosystem and record low abundances of prey fish populations, including alewives.
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