Fishery Biologist Aaron Woldt , Alpena FRO, attended and chaired the September 19-21 meeting of the Modeling Subcommittee of the Technical Fisheries Committee. The primary focus of this meeting was to generate preliminary 2007 harvest limits for lake whitefish management units in 1836 Treaty waters of lakes Huron, Superior, and Michigan, although other technical matters were discussed.

As stipulated in the 2000 Consent Decree, preliminary lake whitefish harvest limits must be calculated by the subcommittee, reviewed by the committee, and presented to the parties to the decree by November 1 annually.

In addition to performing lake whitefish model analyses, biologist Woldt ran the subcommittee meeting ensuring all agenda items were discussed and kept meeting minutes. A preliminary draft of the September 19-21 meeting minutes was mailed to members for review.

Preliminary lake whitefish harvest limits will be presented to the committee for review, October 27. The subcommittee will complete final lake whitefish harvest limits and present them to the Techinical Fisheries Committee at its December meeting.