ESCANABA, MI-- Several agencies are collaborating on a study of the movements of walleye and whitefish in Green Bay.
Officials say the research will help determine which spawning locations are critical to sport and commercial fisheries. Biologists will implant tiny transmitters into 300 walleye and 400 lake whitefish. The transmitters will send out a coded signal to acoustic receivers in and around Green Bay, and will allow the tracking of fish for up to four years.
Each fish implanted with a transmitter will have an orange loop tag. Those who return the transmitter will get a $100 reward. Those who legally harvest a tagged fish are asked not to freeze it and to contact Dr. Dan Isermann with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 715-346-2178.
