Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Recent papers from Great Lakes Fishery Commission

1. The overlooked role of food and cultural dimensions in recreational fisheriesAMBIO · 2026
2. Repeated marine-to-freshwater fish transitions reveal paleoenvironmental modulation of adaptive radiationProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
3. A survey of the Lake Superior cisco complex using integrated morphological and genetic tools reveals a presumed extinct species, Shortnose Cisco (Coregonus reighardi)Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
4. Key considerations for decision makers and stakeholders when identifying source populations for conservation translocations of fishesGlobal Ecology and Conservation · 2026
5. Lake trout colonization of artificial reefs: Who’s interested, and how long does it take?Journal of Great Lakes Research · 2026
6. Identifying overlap between native fish movements and a possible seasonal grass carp deterrent in the Sandusky River, Ohio, USA.Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
7. Managing for resilience with ecological structure: Portfolio effects in the Laurentian Great LakesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 2026
8. Strengthening ties between the U.S. Geological Survey and Interstate Fisheries CommissionsFisheries · 2026
9. Phenotypic Variation of Lake Charr ( Salvelinus namaycush ) in North AmericaEcology and Evolution · 2026
10. Predicting and mapping Laurentian Great Lakes reefs in support of fisheries management and conservationJournal of Great Lakes Research · 2026
11. Genomic signatures of adaptive divergence among lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) ecomorphotypesConservation Genetics · 2026
12. Diet of juvenile skipjack herring Alosa chrysochloris : Ontogenetic shifts, predator–prey size ratios and mouth gape allometryJournal of Fish Biology · 2026
13. Keeping pace: migrating sea lampreys adjust swim speed in response to shifting water velocity to maintain a constant ground speedCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
14. Preparing fisheries professionals to work with and for Indigenous fisheries agencies and organizationsFisheries · 2026
15. Analyzing leaping and movement potential at a migratory barrierScientific Reports · 2026
16. Using structured decision making to evaluate the tradeoffs of selective fish passageConservation Science and Practice · 2026
17. A Conceptual Framework and Methods for Studying the Connectivity of FishesFish and Fisheries · 2026
18. Mechanisms underlying natural variation in otolith elemental fingerprints of larval Lake WhitefishCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
19. “What we see in the In-Between”: Navigating ethics and equity in the role of leading research projects with Alaska Native communitiesArctic Science · 2025
20. Constructing Isoscapes of δ ¹³ C , δ ¹⁵ N and δ ³⁴ S Baselines Within a River System: A Spatial Stream Network Modelling ApproachFreshwater Biology · 2025