PERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
­
PHONE
CALL
TO:
Bob
Haas,
Michigan
DNR
/
Lake
Erie
Technical
Committee
Chairman
FROM:
Megan
Harrod,
Stratus
Consulting
Inc.

DATE:
11/
20/
2002
RE:
Population
status
of
I&
E
species
in
Ohio
and
Michigan
waters
of
Lake
Erie
Asked
if
burbot,
channel
catfish,
common
carp,
crappie,
freshwater
drum,
gizzard
shad,
smallmouth
bass,
smelt,
suckers,
sunfish,
walleye,
white
bass,
and
yellow
perch
are
being
overfished
or
are
approaching
overfished
state
for
Exhibit
1
in
fisheries
status
memo.
He
said
that
all
species
except
white
bass
are
not
being
overfished,
nor
are
they
approaching
an
overfished
state.
White
bass
populations
declined
in
the
1990s
but
may
be
recovering
now.
They
are
not
well­
studied,
so
it
is
unclear
whether
the
population
decline
is
due
to
overfishing
or
other
stresses.
