Les Cheneaux Fishery Status To Be Discussed by Biologists, Experts

An informational meeting about the Les Cheneaux Islands fishery and cormorant control in the area will be presented Wednesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at the Les Cheneaux Sportman's Club on M-134, just east of Cedarville. The public may attend.

The Les Cheneaux Sportman's Club will host this public meeting, where Dave Fielder, fisheries biologist with the Department of Natural Resources' Alpena Great Lakes Fisheries Research Station, will report fish survey findings from 2007. A fisheries biologist from the DNR's Northern Lake Huron Management Unit is also expected to come, as well as Tony Aderman of the United State Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services. Mr. Aderman will report progress on the 2007 cormorant control project.

Included in the report will be the results from the annual fall netting survey Mr. Fielder leads each October, and creel survey reports from local anglers. DNR Creel Clerk Bill Schroeder interviews anglers about their catches from April through October.