by boxcar-admin | Aug 22, 2017 | Dan O’Keefe, Education, Extension, Fish, Fishing, News, Restoration, Southwest Michigan, Students, Teachers, Water Quality
A threatened fish called the River Redhorse is the latest subject of the Native Fish Heroes poster series. By Dan O’Keefe The River Redhorse suffers from a case of mistaken identity. Even though it is a native fish that requires clean flowing rivers, many people...
by boxcar-admin | Aug 9, 2017 | Aquatic Invasive Species, Citizen Science, Dan O’Keefe, Employment, Extension, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Great Lakes Health, Invasive and Native Species, News, Research Projects
Researchers are trying to learn more about what trout, salmon, and walleye are eating in lakes Huron and Michigan. Anglers can help by donating stomachs from their catch. By Dan O’Keefe Fisheries scientists around Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are working on...
by boxcar-admin | Jun 13, 2017 | Dan O’Keefe, Education, Events, Extension, Fish, Fishing, News, Southwest Michigan, Students, Workshop
June 17, 2017, 8:00 am-10:00 am Location: Historic Ottawa Beach Parks, Black Lake Boardwalk-West Learn to catch big fish from shore! The freshwater drum is a hard-fighting native fish that eats invasive species like zebra mussels and round gobies. Also known as...
by boxcar-admin | Apr 12, 2017 | Awards, Dan O’Keefe, Extension, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, General Interest, News
Michigan Steelhead and Salmon Fishermen’s Association honors O’Keefe’s contributions to sport fishery. by Cindy Hudson The Michigan Steelhead and Salmon Fisherman’s Association recently awarded Michigan Sea Grant Extension educator Dr. Daniel O’Keefe...
by boxcar-admin | Apr 6, 2017 | Citizen Science, Coastal Communities, Dan O’Keefe, Extension, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Great Lakes Health, News
Research shows wild salmon made up the majority of the catch in most regions. by Dan O’Keefe The Salmon Ambassadors program is an angler science project led by Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University Extension, and funded in part by Detroit Area...
by boxcar-admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Aquaculture, Dan O’Keefe, Extension, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, News
New research shows that epigenetics play a major role in the domestication of hatchery trout. By Dan O’Keefe Sometimes two fish that look alike can be very different indeed. Take rainbow trout for example. Some live the majority of their lives in freshwater...
