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Discovery of a NewParasite

“Go Green” to SupportBloater Reintroductions

Mudbug Madness

A Tropical Trough

Improve Hunting andFishing Opportunities

Discovery of a New ParasiteThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prides itself on the scientificachievements of our employees. Our ranks...Read More

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Flathead catfish. Credit: Eric Engbretson, USFWS. New parasite (inset). Credit: Eric Leis, USFWS

A young Eric Leis (left) shows off his first microscope. Photocourtesy of Eric Leis

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prides itself on the scientific achievements of our employees. Our ranks are filledwith natural resource professionals who are passionate about their work and the mission of the Service. In thefollowing story, Eric Leis, a parasitologist from the La Crosse Fish Health Center in Wisconsin, shares what inspiredhim to pursue a career in aquatic parasite research.

After I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, I always intended to write my parents a card to share myappreciation for all their help and support. With regret, the moment slipped away from me and the card was never completed.Years later I now have the opportunity to make amends. I am pleased to say that a new parasite has been named to honor myfather and mother, Michael and Alice. Ligictaluridus michaelalicea is a small parasitic flatworm that measures approximately 1millimeter in length and lives on the gills of flathead catfish in the upper Mississippi River. While it may fall short of a Hallmarkcard, it’s the best way I know to express my gratitude for the way my parents fostered the scientist in me from an early age.

Looking back on my formative years, I am very thankful for myparent’s guidance. Growing up on a family dairy farm in westernWisconsin, every morning and evening was spent in the barnmilking, feeding and caring for the animals. I was alwaysinterested in the outdoors and the time to explore nature camebetween chores. My parents encouraged my interest in science,especially biology. They helped me find library books, sciencetextbooks, chemistry sets, and work through science fair projects.In the dark ages of VHS, they also took the time to recordepisodes of Nature and PBS specials on microscopy.

In middle school, my parents gave me a microscope forChristmas. It was something that I had always wanted and itchanged my view of the world. I was thrilled to examine everythingunder high magnification. My parents were often right there withme looking at everything from houseflies to fingernails, plant partsto ticks, and anything else that could be squashed between a slideand coverslip. One night when it was snowing, we kept trying tobring the snowflakes into the house to view them under the microscope, but they would melt before we were able to examinethem. We ended up going outside together to look at snowflakes in the dark, bitter cold. To this day I can still remember howamazing the snowflakes looked through that basic microscope.

To summarize, I am thankful to my parents for providing these simple, but impactful, experiences which led me to my career as abiologist. As a child, I spent many days in the cow pasture catching bugs, often imagining scenarios involving new discoveries.To my mother and father, the discovery of Ligictaluridus michaelalicea is in thanks to you.

For more information about the fine work being done at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s - La Crosse Fish Health Center goto https://www.fws.gov/midwest/LaCrosseFishHealthCenter/

Discovery of a New Parasite Honors Scientist’s Mother and Father

BY ERIC LEIS, LA CROSSE FISH HEALTH CENTER AND KATIE STEIGER MEISTER, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

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An aft-view from the Susie Q as the bottom trawl is retrieved. Credit: Bobbie Halchishak, USFWS

The “deck” crew processes a small catch of roughly 50 pounds. Each fish must be handled and inspected in the search for females ready to be spawned. Credit: Bobbie Halchishak, USFWS

“Going Green” refers to actions in support ofconservation but this winter crews from the GreenBay Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO) andthe Jordan River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) went“Seasick Green” to support reintroduction of Bloaterin the Great Lakes. Fueled on coffee and motionsickness pills, crews endured three to seven footseas aboard the Susie Q, a commercial bottomtrawler based out of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Theirobjective was to collect and fertilize bloater eggs thatwill be raised to maturity at Jordan River NFH andserve as hatchery brood-stock to provide millions ofeggs for bloater reintroduction efforts into LakeOntario.

Bloaters are a deep-water form of cisco native to allGreat Lakes except for the shallower Lake Erie, butthey disappeared from Lake Ontario by the early1980s owing to excessive harvest and displacementby non-native alewives. Bloaters and alewives aresmall bodied fish (generally less than 10 inches) thatfeed on invertebrates in offshore waters and in turnare eaten by lake trout and other predators. However, recent wide-spread declines in alewifebiomass have left predators with few prey options inthe open waters of Lake Ontario. Therefore,managers have developed a strategic plan toreintroduce bloater to Lake Ontario with hopes ofdiversifying the prey base and restoring the open-water food-web connections.

Bloater reintroduction efforts took hold between 2012 and 2017when Green Bay FWCO and Jordan River NFH began annual eggcollections from wild Lake Michigan bloater populations. Theseeggs were sent to Lake Ontario research hatcheries where theyfirst had to devise fish culture techniques to hatch and keep newlyhatched bloater alive in captivity. These early efforts enabledstocking of nearly 600,000 juvenile bloaters in Lake Ontario overthe years but more importantly, hatcheries now have theknowledge needed to successfully raise bloater. In 2018 the effortentered the next phase of bloater reintroduction--- creation ofbloater brood-stock at Jordan River NFH to enable ramped upstocking rates!

Brood-stock eggcollections involvedweekly trips on LakeMichigan in Januaryand February withcrews boarding theSusie Q vessel before sunrise and steaming to known bloater spawning groundslocated 10-20 miles offshore at depths of 300—400’. Hour-long bottom trawlsproduced large bloater catches, ranging between 50 and 400 pounds, and crewswere often knee-deep in bloater as the vessel churned through the waves with dieselfumes wafting in the background. Despite going green, crews crouched over fishboxes to individually handle each bloater to find those that were suitable for

Green Bay FWCO and Jordan River NFH“Go Green” to Support Bloater Reintroductions

BY DALE HANSON, GREEN BAY FWCO

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Green Bay FWCO biologist Ryan Wehse starts a big job; the bloater in this trawl catch must first be separated from the Dreissenid mussel by catch! Credit: Jade Arneson, USWFS

spawning. Suitable spawners were passed to a make-shift table where spawn-crewscarefully removed and fertilized “ripe” eggs, disinfected potential pathogens from theegg’s surface, and repetitively rinsed them before packaging eggs into containersdestined for Jordan River NFH. Generally, eggs from 25 spawn pairings werecollected each week to ensure brood-stock destined eggs are representative of thespawning population, and in total 134 females were spawned with 268 males. It isanticipated that brood-stock fish originating from these eggs will mature atapproximately four years of age, and subsequently enable Midwest Region NFHs tosend millions of bloater eggs to Lake Ontario hatcheries. Brood-stock creation in theMidwest Region NFHs is a significant achievement that is expected to ramp upstocking rates in excess of 500,000 juvenile bloater per year in Lake Ontario!

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This specimen is the largest Red Swamp Crayfish to be caught in Michigan to date. Red Swamp Crayfish are invasive in Michigan, and the Great Lakes Region. Credit:Janine Lajavic, USFWS

Workshop instructor showing the pleopods on a crayfish.Pleopods can help determine species and sex of a crayfish. Credit: Janine Lajavic, USFWS

Fisheries technicians learning to identify crayfish species at Michigan State University. Credit: Janine Lajavic, USFWS

Recently biologists from the Alpena Fish and WildlifeConservation Office (FWCO) and the Detroit Riversubstation attended a Crayfish IdentificationWorkshop at Michigan State University (MSU). Theworkshop was taught by Kelley Smith of MSU andhosted in an ichthyology lab in Giltner Hall. Routinelyworking in Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and connectingchannels, the ten staff members see crayfish on aregular basis. In the 2018 field season, the AquaticInvasive Species team is going to be targetingcrayfish as part of their regular sampling efforts. Withthe recent discovery of invasive Red SwampCrayfish in Southeast Michigan, it is necessary to beproactive in detecting any new non-native crayfishentering the Great Lakes. The Native Species teamregularly encounters crayfish in their usual samplingefforts in Lake Erie and the Detroit River. Being ableto correctly identify crayfish species in the field is animportant skill for our staff to develop.

There are 669 crayfish species in the world, and alittle over 300 crayfish species in North America.Michigan has eight native crayfish species and twoknown invasive species: the Rusty Crayfish(Orconectes rusticus) and Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkia). The four species our staff members are most likely tosee in the field are the Northern Clear Water Crayfish (O. propinquus), Rusty Crayfish, Virile Crayfish (O. virilis), and the BigWater Crayfish (Cambarus robustus).

At the workshop staff learned the anatomy of crayfish, and which body parts are the most important for identification. Specimensof all 10 species were available for staff to observe and take photos of. The instructor, Kelley Smith, studied and catalogedMichigan crayfish for his master’s degree at MSU. Some really cool facts that staffed learned about crayfish is that they canwalk long distances and survive out of water, because of their protected gills under their carapace. There is also a strictlyparthenogenetic crayfish species, the marbled crayfish otherwise known as Marmorkrebs. Attending workshops like this one helpto sharpen the identification skills of our staff members.

Mudbug Madness Crayfish Identification Workshop

BY JESSICA BOWSER, ALPENA FWCO – DETROIT RIVER, MICHIGAN SUBSTATION

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The dot at the end of the line indicates the size at which the mussels were moved to the warm system. All of the shell pastthis mark is new growth. Black Sandshell Mussels. Credit:Megan Bradley, USFWS

Washboard Mussels. Credit: Megan Bradley, USFWS

. Salamander Mussels. Credit: Megan Bradley, USFWS

Each autumn native juvenile mussels are transported to GenoaNational Fish Hatchery (NFH) from our trailer and cage sites andare held in stasis in the mussel building on station until springarrives and the river water begins to warm. This year a new ideaemerged; warm up their system water. Using a heater and a pumpto circulate water and employing algae feeders, a recirculatingsystem was built to maintain the mussel pan system at nearly 70°degrees Fahrenheit to keep the (hopefully) growing juveniles fed.

Of course, all of the mussels didn't go into this warm system.Instead, they were split between the cold and warmed systems tomake sure that if the system failed then all of our mussels weren'tin one basket. There were five species produced this year that wedivided; Black Sandshell, Washboard, Salamander Mussel,Federally Endangered Higgins' Eye, and Fragile Papershell. Inorder to find out whether the new system is effective for creating agood environment for growth we are measuring groups of eachspecies of mussel that remained in the cold system as well as inthe warm system each month.

After one month the mussels in the cold system remained thesame size while those in the warm system grew. Our visualobservations told us the same thing (See pictures) because thenew growth is great enough that we see it on most of our animalsas they crawl around in their pans but it's still valuable to be ableto evaluate growth statistically. We hope that this means thatmany more mussels will be large enough to release each year,making it possible for Genoa NFH to release many more musselsover time, working towards our goals of conserving these rarespecies.

A Tropical Trough: Warm Water and Lots of Food Leads to Winter Growth in Rare Freshwater Mussels

BY MEGAN BRADLEY, GENOA NFH

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Fish Biologist Kevin Haupt deploying cedar tree fish attractors to Crab OrchardLake fishing improvement areas. Credit: Cal Yonce, USFWS

Since the 1930’s, Crab Orchard Lake has been ahaven for outdoor enthusiast’s seeking to findadventures off the beaten path. The 6,965 acre lakeis located in Williamson County, Illinois and is hometo some of the best fishing and hunting opportunitiesaround! Crab Orchard Lake was created when CrabOrchard Creek, a tributary of the Big Muddy River insouthern Illinois, was dammed. The Crab OrchardNational Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was establishedAugust 5, 1947 following the transfer of all landpreviously held by the Crab Orchard Creek Projectand the Illinois Ordnance Plant to the United StatesFish and Wildlife Service.

Last Saturday the Carterville Fish and WildlifeConservation Office (FWCO) assisted the IllinoisDepartment of Natural Resources and localvolunteers with fish attractor deployments. This is anongoing effort to improve fishing opportunities atCrab Orchard Lake which we look forward to helpingout with every year!

This year managers used cedar trees removedaround the refuge to create the fish attractor areas. Refuge staff allowed the Carterville FWCO to complete chainsaw trainingon the refuge while assisting with prairie restoration to some of the refuges tracts of land. We removed several cedar trees fromthe property and they will be used for a wide variety of management techniques and outdoor opportunities. The cedar treesmake excellent fish attractors due to the rot resistance qualities and shape of the tree crowns. Smaller cedar trees can also beused as thatching for blinds around the lake for migratory bird hunting. This is a very cost effective way to improve habitat on thelake and remove unwanted species from the refuge. By working together to accomplish our goals we can provide improvedfishing and hunting opportunities for outdoors enthusiasts for years to come.

GO Fishing and Catch the FUN!

Carterville FWCO and Crab Orchard NWRImprove Hunting and Fishing Opportunities

BY CAL YONCE, CARTERVILLE FWCO

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This floating voltage gradient probe was designed and constructed using an extendable paint rod, Styrofoam discs, hydraulic tubing (for 360 degree turning control) a lightweight rod with wire pinsset at 45.7, 91.4 and 182.8 cm depths. (Designed by: Kevin Drews and Jeff Finley) Credit: Cody Henderson, USFWS

A view of the different color/number coded ropes to triangulate 36 sampling reference points by using Neolithic geometry (Designed by: Kevin Drews). Credit: Cody Henderson, USFWS Electrical field intensity map generated

by Jahn Kallis and Jan Dean using R software and spline interpolation. Credit: Jan Dean, Dean Electrofishing

In 1978, Glen Larson created the TV Series Battlestar Galactica where the flagshipGalactica was used for combating the Cylon rebels in outer space. Much like theBattlestar Galactica, the Columbia FWCO’s battleship, the Magna Carpa hasundergone some much needed assessments to enhance our combat readiness inthe plight against the Asian Carp invasion. Our overall question was: “Whatadjustments need to be made to make the battleship ready to fight a rebel invasion inany Midwestern water?” Our fisheries biologists and technicians decided that it wastime to refine the Magna Carpa’s primary weapon system, the electrical net to bemore efficient and versatile. The biggest challenge was determining the effectiveelectrical field over an enormous space, and it was not going to be easy.

In electrofishing, the effective field is typically measured using a non-conductivefloating grid and a lightweight voltage pin probe. Due to the sheer size of the MagnaCarpa’s electrical net generated by the two forward capture and two aft holdinganodes, a new method had to be developed. The innovative minds of Kevin Drewsand Jeff Finley designed a faster and easier contraption for measuring voltages in atwo dimensional plane. Using a floating probe (made of an extendable paint rod,Styrofoam discs, hydraulic tubing (for 360 degree turning control) a lightweight rodwith wire pins) and triangulating the grid using Neolithic geometry, the crew wasready to assess the Magna’ Carpa’s electrical net.

With the new probe and grid in hand, we ventured out to the river to determine theeffective electrical field of the Magna Carpa and to determine what anodeconfiguration was best to allow the Magna Carpa to effectively capture Asian Carp inany Midwestern water. We measured 36 reference points along the longitudinal axisof the electrofishing frame and 216 voltage measurements for several anodeconfigurations using the new probe. We recorded the voltage data to generate fieldintensity maps to narrow our search for the most efficient electrical configuration. The result is an easily comparable map of the Magna Carpa’s electrical net enablingthe ability to select the best configuration for effective Asian Carp capture. Throughthis effort, the battleship Magna Carpa, is ready to fight the rebel invasion in any

Midwestern water.

Advancements in Voltage GradientBY JEREMIAH SMITH, COLUMBIA FWCO

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The 23rd Annual Sea Lamprey Workshop

BY JENNA TEWS, LUDINGTON BIOLOGICAL STATION

The Saginaw River was frozen over from bank to bank due to a late January deep freeze. It was in the midst of this cold snapthat the best and brightest minds in the Sea Lamprey Control Program (Program) descended upon Bay City, Michigan to attendthe Sea Lamprey Annual Workshop or SLAWS. What once was an annual workshop encompassing all topics involving sealamprey, has morphed into a biannual event sponsored by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. In attendance wereapproximately one hundred participants from various areas within sea lamprey control and research. The best in the businessfrom various disciplines within the Program, including agents from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fisheries and Oceans,Canada, U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and university researchers. Over the course of the day anda half workshop, attendees exchanged knowledge, received updates, and listened intently to numerous presentations fromcutting-edge researchers from both the U.S. and Canada.

Fisheries and Oceans, Canada hosted the workshop with participation ranging from wizened veteran employees to new andenergetic graduate students. All were welcome to share ideas and join in the camaraderie and friendships that come frombattling invasive sea lampreys in the Great Lakes. The workshop also included breakout sessions across several Program areasproviding folks the opportunity to contribute to numerous topics such as improvements to lampricide application methods, streamtreatment selection for 2019-2021, and brainstorming ways to prioritize and identify key sea lamprey barriers. This biannualworkshop is crucial to the Program’s continued success in combating invasive sea lampreys throughout the Great LakesRegion.

The Sea Lamprey Control Program works collaboratively with partners to control populations of sea lampreys in tributaries of theGreat Lakes to protect the fishery and related economic activities in the basin. The Great Lakes recreational and commercialfisheries provide an estimated annual benefit of more than $7 billion to the region. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, serving asan agent of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, delivers a program of integrated sea lamprey control in U.S. waters of theGreat Lakes.

Green Bay FWCO Gets a Remodel

BY ANTHONY RIETH, GREEN BAY FWCO

The Green Bay Fish and Wildlife Office (FWCO) has been fortunate to grow in size the last few years. New projects includeexpansion of the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program, the creation of an Aquatic Invasive Species Program, and expansion inother programs as well.

Due to the many varied activities we perform, additional gear and boats have been purchased to accomplish our mission. A lackof organized storage space and work stations was a major issue the past few field seasons as our staff and gear grew. Aftercareful planning, the decision was made to do some remodeling at the Green Bay FWCO.

After several months, we are pleased to announce that our remodel project is done! An additional mezzanine was created abovethe boat and gear storage area. The total area of this is 1050 square feet and will allow many of our smaller or lighter items to bestored up top. Access to the top can reached through a staircase or items can be lifted up on pallets by a forklift.

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Midwest Region Fisheries Divisions

National Fish HatcheriesThe Region’s National Fish Hatcheries (NFH) focus on native species recoveryand restoration. Primary species include: lake trout, endangered pallidsturgeon, and endangered, threatened, and native mussels. Other majorprograms include coaster brook trout and lake sturgeon restoration, fulfillingtribal trust responsibilities for native aquatic species, and cost reimbursedrainbow trout production for recreational fishing. Hatcheries also providetechnical assistance to other agencies, provide fish and eggs for research, anddevelop and maintain brood stocks of various species and strains.

Fish and Wildlife Conservation OfficesFish and Wildlife Conservation Offices (FWCO) conduct assessments of fishpopulations to guide management decisions, play a key role in targeting andimplementing native fish and habitat restoration programs; perform keymonitoring and control activities related to aquatic invasive species; survey andevaluate aquatic habitats to identify restoration/rehabilitation opportunities;work with private land owners, states, local governments and watershedorganizations to complete aquatic habitat restoration projects under theService’s National Fish Passage Program, National Fish Habitat Partnerships,Partners for Fish and Wildlife and the Great Lakes Coastal Programs; providecoordination and technical assistance toward the management of interjurisdictional fisheries; maintain and operate several keyinteragency fisheries databases; provide technical expertise to other Service programs addressing contaminants, endangeredspecies, federal project review and hydro-power operation and relicensing; evaluate and manage fisheries on Service lands;and, provide technical support to 38 Native American tribal governments and treaty authorities.

Sea Lamprey Biological StationsThe Fish and Wildlife Service is the United States Agent for sea lamprey control, with two Biological Stations assessing andmanaging sea lamprey populations throughout the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission administers the SeaLamprey Management Program, with funding provided through the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Interior,and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Fish Health CenterThe Fish Health Center provides specialized fish health evaluation and diagnostic services to federal, state and tribal hatcheriesin the region; conducts extensive monitoring and evaluation of wild fish health; examines and certifies the health of captivehatchery stocks; and, performs a wide range of special services helping to coordinate fishery program offices and partnerorganizations. The Whitney Genetics Lab serves as a leading edge genetics laboratory and conducts environmental DNA(eDNA) sample processing for early detection of invasive species.

Whitney Genetics LabThe Whitney Genetics lab provides environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance for the early detection of invasive Silver andBighead carp as part of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee’s plans to detect, monitor, and respond to the threat ofinvasive carp in the Great Lakes. The lab also provides analysis for determining the ploidy of wild-caught Black and Grass carp,two more invasive carp species.

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Alpena Fish & WildlifeConservation Office480 W. Fletcher StreetAlpena, MI 49707Scott Koproski [email protected] 989-356-5102Area of Responsibility (MI, OH)

Ashland Fish & WildlifeConservation Office2800 Lake Shore Drive EastAshland, WI 54806Mark Brouder [email protected] of Responsibility (MI, MN, WI)

Carterville Fish & WildlifeConservation Office9053 Route 148, Suite AMarion, Illinois 62959Acting Mark Brouder [email protected] of Responsibility (IL, IN, OH)

Columbia Fish & WildlifeConservation Office101 Park Deville Drive, Suite AColumbia, MO 65203Jason Goeckler [email protected] of Responsibility (IA, MO)

Green Bay Fish & WildlifeConservation Office 2661 Scott Tower RoadNew Franken, WI 54229Stephen Lenart [email protected] of Responsibility (IL, IN, MI, WI)

Ludington Biological Station200 River Street Manistee, MI 49660 Scott Grunder [email protected]

Marquette Biological Station3090 Wright StreetMarquette, MI 49855Kasia Mullett [email protected]

Regional Office 5600 American Blvd WestBloomington, MN 55437Todd Turner [email protected] 612-713-5111

Iron River National Fish Hatchery10325 Fairview RoadIron River, WI 54847Carey Edwards [email protected]

Genoa National Fish HatcheryS 5689 State Road 35Genoa, WI 54632Doug Aloisi [email protected]

Jordan River National FishHatchery6623 Turner RoadElmira, MI 49730Roger Gordon [email protected]

Neosho National Fish Hatchery520 E Park StreetNeosho, MO 64850Roderick May [email protected] ext: 102

Pendills/Sullivan Creek National Fish Hatchery21990 W. Trout LaneBrimley, MI 49715Curt Friez [email protected]

Midwest Fisheries Center 555 Lester AvenueOnalaska, WI 54650Teresa Lewis [email protected]

LaCrosse FWCOSam Finney [email protected] Fish Health CenterKen Phillips [email protected] Genetics LabEmy Monroe [email protected]

Midwest Region Fisheries Contacts