Fishery Biologist Aaron Woldt of the Alpena NFWCO, and John Netto of the Green Bay NFWCO, co-chaired the September 25-26 meeting of the Modeling Subcommittee (MSC) of the Technical Fisheries Committee (TFC). 

The primary focus of this meeting was to generate preliminary 2008 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 MSC, reviewed by the TFC, and presented to the parties to the decree by November 1 each year.

In addition to performing lake whitefish model analyses, biologist Woldt ran the MSC meeting ensuring all agenda items were discussed and kept meeting minutes. A preliminary draft of the September 25-26 MSC meeting minutes was mailed to MSC members for review.

Preliminary lake whitefish harvest limits will be presented to the TFC for review on October 26. The MSC will complete final lake whitefish harvest limits and present them to the TFC at its December meeting.