Lake Huron Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee Meeting

Attached is the formal announcement of the Lake Huron Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee Meeting to be held on Wednesday April 11, 2012 at the Ram Center located along Higgins Lake.   The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and be completed by 3 p.m.  The meeting will focus on the presentations for the Spring Workshops and for details see the attached agenda and meeting notice but a brief list of items to be discussed at the meeting include:

1) A discussion how several native species are flourishing by taking advantage of the invasives.

2) An overview of the expanding walleye fishery in Lake Huron with highlights from Thunder Bay.

3) A review of the status of the baitfish in Lake Huron and related research projects for 2012.

4) Cormorant management in Thunder Bay and the potential of increased cormorant monitoring in Saginaw Bay.

5) A volunteer’s perspective of assisting with cormorant management.

6) Updates since the fall Advisory Meeting on the Atlantic salmon and cisco projects.

7) A discussion of the splake fishery in the Les Cheneaux Islands area.

8) A progress report of updating the lake trout harvest limits and regulations for 2012 in Zone MH-1 ( Rogers City to Drummond Island).

9) Management and Law Enforcement Updates.

10) Overall, the goal is to fine-tune and adapt the above presentations for the Sea Grant Spring Workshops being held at Cedarville, April 23, 2012; Alpena April 24, 201 andPort Huron May 9, 2012.