Lake Erie Committee

The Lake Erie Committee consists of senior staff members from the Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, and Pennsylvania agencies administering their respective fisheries. The Committee's purposes are to:

• consider issues pertinent to, or referred by, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission;
• consider issues and problems of common concern to member agencies;
• develop and coordinate joint programs and research projects; and
• serve as a forum for state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies.
  

For deliberations of this committee, Lake Erie shall be considered to include all of Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair River, the Detroit River, and the Niagara River downstream to Niagara Falls and, to the extent that they affect fish stocks of common concern, its bays, harbors, and tributaries. Decisions will be reached by consensus of the membership. When consensus cannot be achieved, the consensus of all agencies shall be described in the Committee's report to the Commission.

• Members (last updated: 05/07)
• Publications and Products
• Terms of Reference
• Task Groups
  • Responsibilities and Membership (pdf)
  • Standing Technical Committee (STC)
  • Coldwater Task Group (CWTG)
  • Forage Task Group (FTG)
  • Habitat Task Group (HTG)
  • Human Dimensions Task Group (HDTG)
  • Walleye Task Group (WTG)
  • Yellow Perch Task Group (YPTG)

Members

Don Einhouse (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation), Chair
David Miko (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission), Vice Chair
Brian Locke (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
Roger Knight (Ohio Department of Natural Resources)
Steve Hewett (Michigan Department of Natural Resources)

 

Publications and Products

Press Releases

• April 11, 2010: Binational Panel Recommends Lake Erie Yellow Perch Harvest for 2010
• March 24, 2009: Binational Panel Recommends Lake Erie Yellow Perch and Walleye Catch Limits for 2009 (pdf)
• March 18, 2008: Catch Limits Recommended For Lake Erie Walleye And Yellow Perch For 2008 (pdf)
• March 23, 2007: Catch Limits Set for Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch for 2007 (pdf)
• March 30, 2006: Lake Erie Committee Sets Walleye and Yellow Perch Total Allowable Catch for 2006 (pdf)
• April 08, 2005: Lake Erie Yellow Perch and Walleye Allowable Catch Set for 2005 (pdf)
• April 06, 2004 : Catch Limits Set for Lake Erie Walleye and Yellow Perch in 2004 (pdf)
• April 16, 2001 : Lake Erie Committee Takes Action to Protect Lake Erie Walleye
• July 19, 2000 : International Committee Taking Action to Protect Lake Erie Walleye
• April 20, 2000 : Lake Erie Committee Cautious About Walleye For 2000
• May 27, 1997: Landmark Great Lakes Fisheries Management Plan to be Signed in Ottawa (News Release)
  • A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries: 1997 Revision
• April 22, 1996: U.S. Members Announce Slight Increase in 1996 Fish Quotas; Committee Notes Significant Changes in Lake Erie Fishery Productivity
• April 8, 1997: Lake Erie Committee: Lake Erie Yellow Perch Improving (News Release)

Position Statements

• Offshore Wind Power (2009, doc)
• Changing Water Level Effects on Lake Erie and the Lake St. Clair Ecosystems (2005, pdf)
• LaMP Rehabilitation of Nearshore Habitat and Lower Tributaries (2002, pdf)
• Ballast Water Management (2000, pdf)
• Structuring Native Fish Communities in the Twenty-First Century (1999, pdf)
• Phosphorus Management in Lake Erie (1998, pdf)
• Lower Trophic Level Changes and Their Implications to Fish (1998, pdf)
• Productivity and Rainbow Smelt (1997, pdf)

Executive Summaries

• March 2006 (pdf)
• March 2005 (pdf)
• March 2004 (PART 1 , PART 2) (pdf)
• March 2003 (pdf)
• March 2002 (attached documents, pdf)
• March 2001
• March 2000
• March 1999
• March 1998
• March 1997
• March 1996
• March 1994
• March 1993

Other Documents

• Status of the fisheries in Michigan waters of Lake Erie and Lake St. clair (2007)
• A Strategic Plan for the Rehabilitation of Lake Trout in Lake Erie, 2008-2020 (pdf)
• Lake Erie Environmental Objectives (pdf)
• Fish Community Objectives for Lake Erie (pdf)
• Draft Fish Community Goals and Objectives for Lake St. Clair, St. Clair River and Detroit River (St. Clair System) (pdf)
• Policy on In-Year Changes to Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for Lake Erie Yellow Perch and Walleye (pdf)

Photo: American Fisheries Society