Alewives are a Great Lakes invasive fish that baffle native fish reproduction but give imported Pacific salmon — the target of a profitable fishery — something to eat. What’s a Great Lakes fishery manager to do?

Sept. 2, 2009
Alewives: Should Great Lakes managers kill ‘em or keep ‘em?
Fishery managers have made little progress in restoring lake trout, the Great Lakes’ dominant predator until the species collapsed in the 1940s and 1950s.

Sept. 3, 2009
Alewives: The trouble they cause and the salmon that love them
Pacific salmon, the big money species in the multi-billion dollar Great Lakes fishery, need a feast of alewives to thrive.

Sept. 4, 2009
Great Lakes fish in the balance; biologists have little control
Managing invasive alewives in the Great Lakes is like walking a tightrope.

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