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Region
3 Regional Fisheries
The head and coordinating
structure of the Fisheries Program is housed in the Fisheries Division
of the Region 3 Regional Office in Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Biological
Stations (Sea Lamprey Control Offices)
Biological Stations assess
and control sea lamprey populations
throughout the Great Lakes. The program is administered through funding
from the State Department and through the Great
Lakes Fishery Commission.
Ludington
Biological Station
229 South Jebavy Drive
Ludington, MI 49431
Phone: 231-845-6205
Fax: 231-843-8468
fact
sheet (pdf) •
organizational
chart (pdf)
- Sea
lamprey management in streams and
rivers of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan's lower
peninsula- benefiting the ecology
and economy of the area
- Contributes to Lake
trout restoration efforts in the Great Lakes
- Provides leadership
in technology with integrated pest management of sea lamprey
through the use of sterilization methods, and a variety of other
means to control this aquatic nuisance species
- Maintains partnerships
with state, federal, tribal, and local management agencies
Marquette
Biological Station
Fish
Health Center
The Fish Health Center provides
specialized fish health evaluation
and diagnostic services to federal, state, tribal and private hatcheries
in the region; conducts extensive monitoring and evaluation of wild
fish health throughout the region; examines and certifies the health
of captive hatchery stocks; and, performs a wide range of special services
helping to coordinate fishery program offices and partner organizations.
La
Crosse Fish Health Center
National
Fish Hatcheries
National Fish Hatcheries
(NFHs) develop and maintain brood stocks of selected fish strains with
our primary focus on native species such as Lake
trout, Pallid sturgeon, Coaster
brook trout, Lake sturgeon,
and Paddlefish. Hatcheries also provide
technical assistance and sources of fish and eggs to cooperating agencies
in pursuit of their aquatic resource management goals, provide fish
and eggs for research, stock fish and eggs as part of native fish restoration
programs, stock fish in fulfillment of federal obligations and assist
with restoration of native endangered mussels such as the Higgins'
eye pearlymussel and Winged
mapleleaf mussel.
Over the years, 43
hatcheries have operated in Region 3. The very first hatchery was
established in
1880 in Northville, Michigan; operations ceased there in 1957.
Currently, Region 3 boasts the oldest operational National Fish Hatchery
in the
country, Neosho NFH, located in Neosho, MO which was established
in 1888.
Hatcheries in Region 3 raise
from twenty-four to twenty-six species of fish and mussels and produced
8,119,000 fish and 6,393,000 eggs in 2002. One of our hatcheries, Genoa
NFH, is also an isolation
facility.
Genoa
National Fish Hatchery
Iron
River National Fish Hatchery
Jordan
River National Fish Hatchery
Neosho
National Fish Hatchery
Pendills
Creek National Fish Hatchery
Sullivan
Creek National Fish Hatchery
formerly Hiawatha National
Fish Hatchery
21200 West
Hatchery Road
Brimley, MI 49715
Phone: 906-437-5231
Fax: 906-437-5393
fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
- Raises, spawns, and
maintains Lake trout broodstock
for the lake trout restoration program
- Maintains partnerships
with state, federal, tribal, and local management agencies
Fishery
Resources Offices
Fishery Resources
Offices perform key monitoring and control activities related to aquatic
nuisance species; survey and evaluate native
fish stocks and aquatic habitats to
identify restoration opportunities; play a key role in targeting
and implementing native fish and habitat restoration programs; work
with private land owners, states, local governments and watershed
organizations to complete aquatic habitat restoration projects under
the Service's Private Lands and
the Great Lakes Coastal Programs;
provide coordination and technical assistance toward the management
of interjurisdictional fisheries; maintain and operate several key
interagency databases; provide technical assistance to other Service
programs addressing contaminants, endangered
species, federal project review and hydropower operation and
re-licensing; evaluate and manage fisheries on Service lands; and,
provide technical support to 38 Native American
tribal governments and treaty authorities.
Alpena
Fishery Resources Office
Federal
Building #204
145 Water Street
Alpena, MI 49707
Phone: 989-356-5102
Fax: 989-356-4651
web site • station
overview (pdf) • fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
Ashland
Fishery Resources Office
2800
Lake Shore Drive East
Ashland, WI 54806
Phone: 715-682-6185
Fax: 715-682-8899
web site • station
overview (pdf) • fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
Carterville
Fishery Resources Office
9053
Route 148, Suite A
Marion, IL 62959
Phone: 618-997-6869
Fax: 618-997-9185
station
overview (pdf) • fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
Accomplishment
Reports :- December 2007/January 2008
Reports
are in pdf format and require the free Adobe Reader
to view - download
here.
- Shovelnose
sturgeon tagging and monitoring in the lower Ohio River,
Illinois
- Coordinates
and operates a Shovelnose
sturgeon tagging database
- Collects data
on Paddlefish in the Ohio
River basin, Illinois
- Co-manages
the National Paddlefish Database of coded-wire tag information
with Columbia Fishery Resources Office, MO
- Provides fishery
assistance to Naval Weapons Support Center, IA
- Evaluates
fishery responses to Army Corps of Enginners projects
- Maintains partnerships with
state, federal, tribal, and local management agencies
Columbia
Fishery Resources Office
101
Park DeVille Drive
Suite A
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: 573-234-2132
Fax: 573-234- 2181
web site • station
overview (pdf) • fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
- Monitors Shovelnose
sturgeon and endangered Pallid
sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River
- Improves fish
passage for the threatened Niangua
darter in Missouri
- Monitors native
fish habitat use on the Big Muddy
National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
- Provides fishery
assistance to monitor the fishery and add habitat to a lake on
the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Iowa
- Collects data
on Paddlefish in the Lower
Missouri River basin
- Co-manages
the National Paddlefish Database of coded-wire tag information
with Carterville Fishery Resources Office, IL
- Maintains partnerships with
state, federal, tribal, and local management agencies
Green
Bay Fishery Resources Office
2661
Scott Tower Drive
New Franken, WI 54229
Phone: 920-866-1717
Fax: 920-866-1710
station
overview (pdf) • fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
La
Crosse Fishery Resources Office
555
Lester Avenue
Onalaska, WI 54650
Phone: 608-783-8431
Fax: 608-783-8450
web site • station
overview (pdf) • fact
sheet (pdf) • organizational
chart (pdf)
- Restores habitat
in the Upper Iowa River Watershed to increase trout populations
- Propagates
and inoculates host fish with the endangered Higgins'
eye pearlymussel for restoration in Iowa rivers
- Aquatic
nuisance species management in the Mississippi River drainage
- Collects data
on Paddlefish in the Upper
Mississippi River basin
- Conducts aquatic
nuisance species activities with Chicago Shipping and Sanitary
Canal electrical barrier; Round goby and Asian
carp monitoring in Illinois River and the Chicago Shipping
and Sanitary Canal
- Provides fishery
assistance to White Earth Indian Reservation, MN and Menominee Indian Reservation,WI
for Lake sturgeon restoration and stocking
- Removes barriers
to fish passage on the Red River,
MN
- Maintains partnerships with
state, federal, tribal, and local management agencies
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