Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That freshwater mussel and lake whitefish crossover everyone has been asking for! Documentation of giant floater (Pyganodon grandis) glochidia attached to larval lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) in the Laurentian Great Lakes #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 1122
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Comparative analysis of digital PCR, quantitative PCR, and culture-based enumeration of Escherichia coli at three freshwater beaches in Milwaukee, Wisconsin #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 030
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A smorgasbord of fishes for #SundayFishSketch. 14813
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026October is Seafood Month! Get some seafood today! 050
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's spooky month and I think I'll watch X-Files every day!static.klipy.comX Files: I Want to Believe PosterALT: X Files: I Want to Believe Poster 060
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What's the most effective way to communicate about PFAS in drinking water? Gavin Dehnert, our emerging contaminants scientist, and Lyn van Swol, UW–Madison communication arts professor, discuss best practices in the latest episode of Water Talk. www.watertalkpodcast.comwatertalkpodcast.comWater TalkMeet water talk - a podcast by water specialists at the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The goal of Water Talk is to bring communities across California together to talk about water issues, including climate change, agriculture, and more. 043
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerKatie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A small business in northern Minnesota is harvesting and selling invasive rusty crayfish, including to a James Beard award-winning restaurant in Minneapolis www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgFrom lake to table: Turning Minnesota's invasive crayfish into a local delicacyRusty crayfish have invaded more than 300 northern Minnesota lakes. Can Midwestern appetites help manage a destructive invasive species? 1167
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerJonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 25/09/2026any Bluesky folks in Beijing? I'm giving a Tigers Between Empires book talk on October 8, moderated by the brilliant Terry Townshend (wildbeijing.org). More info and registration here: rasbj.glueup.cn/event/tigers... 081
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026September is Coastal Awareness Month! Check out the Wisconsin Great Lakes Chronicle, which shares stories about projects that protect and preserve the Great Lakes and coastal areas. A few Sea Grant-involved projects made the cut. doa.wi.gov/Pages/LocalGovtsGrants/C… 022
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lake Michigan nearshore sediments record recent unprecedented shifts in ecosystem structure and botulism occurrence #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 032
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Application of novel encounter and predation models to the natural behavior of slimy sculpin Cottus cognatus #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 041
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Are you working to make swimming safer in the Great Lakes? Don't miss the Great Lakes Water Safety Conference on October 1-2, 2026! Register: www.greatlakeswatersafety.org/confe…greatlakeswatersafety.orgConference — Great Lakes Water SafetyOctober 1-2, 2026 Demo Day: September 30 South Haven, Michigan Great Lakes Water Safety Conference 2026 Register Why Attend? Schedule Speakers Venue Lodging Pricing Sponsors About the Conference The Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium is bringing the water safety community back together – in person… 001
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Shiners, shiners, shiners for #sundayfishsketch. Today is Red Shiner and a bonus of 9 other shiners! 22910
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerPaul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Miss Idaho stealin' my signature look. 1120042
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Basically but this one was made with old fashioned mix with sprite. 010
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Eating fish and talking fish. Not a bad day at work. 190
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Assessing density-dependent effects on lake trout growth and recruitment in US waters of Lake Huron #GreatLakes 🧪sciencedirect.com 020
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Storm-driven shoreline changes near a rubble ridge shore protection project at Illinois Beach State Park, Lake Michigan #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 020
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thermal habitat use of lake trout in Lake Erie #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 020
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026How is fish treated and managed both as a food and a natural resource in the #GreatLakes? It's complicated! www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... Our new paper digs into the topic. 🧪frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The complexity of fish as food and a natural resource in the U.S. Great Lakes regionThe Great Lakes region contains more than 20% of the world’s surface freshwater and supports a culturally, economically, and ecologically significant seafood... 094
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Readers, it's your season! 🍂 And Great Lakes, Great Read has a full slate of events to cater to your bookish needs. First up: Join us for a conversation with "Saving our Sturgeon" author Rebecca Wojahn on October 14, 2026 at 6 p.m. greatlakesgreatread.orggreatlakesgreatread.orgGreat Lakes, Great ReadGreat Lakes, Great Read is a “one book, one community” program designed to inspire passion and connection to the Great Lakes Watershed through reading. There is a need for greater education about the Great Lakes as an important natural resource. While approximately 34 million people in the U.S. and… 022
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Same for me. I grew up near the Chippewa River in NW Wisconsin which is full of sturgeon, apparently! 020
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mercury methylation in Laurentian Great Lakes tributaries across a gradient in stream water sulphate #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 052
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Seasonal space use and spatial overlap of lake sturgeon populations using Lake St. Clair #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comSeasonal space use and spatial overlap of lake sturgeon populations using Lake St. ClairMulti-jurisdictional management of adult lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) requires characterizing seasonal dynamics of their spatial distributions… 020
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A decade of oil spills in the Laurentian Great Lakes (2015–2024): A review of incidents, trends, and lessons for environmental protection #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA decade of oil spills in the Laurentian Great Lakes (2015–2024): A review of incidents, trends, and lessons for environmental protectionOil spills in the Laurentian Great Lakes are a growing concern coincident with aging infrastructure, and increased oil and gas production and transpor… 051
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Investigating the difference between local water quality perceptions and the Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) in the Maumee River watershed #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 020
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A warm welcome to the new UWM Center for Water Policy fellows! Recent law grads Thomas and Josh will be researching water challenges and policy over the coming year. uwm.edu/centerforwaterpolicy/the-ce…uwm.eduThe Center for Water Policy Welcomes Three New Fellows!We’re excited to welcome Max Overdevest, Thomas Dunbar, and Josh Marion, as the Center for Water Policy’s new fellows! Max is the Center’s fourth Water Policy and Communications Fellow who is also pursuing his master’s degree in Freshwater Sciences and Water … 041
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerKatie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In some areas of Lakes Michigan and Huron, almost no whitefish hatchlings have survived to adulthood for nearly two decades. Now, state and tribal scientists are collecting spawning whitefish - a kind of Noah's Ark attempt to save several distinct genetic strains bridgemi.com/michigan-env...bridgemi.comWith no time to spare, Michigan hatches a Great Lakes whitefish rescue plan - Bridge MichiganWith little time left to avert a population collapse, officials plan to pluck whitefish from the mussel-infested Great Lakes and raise their offspring in hatcheries. 04321
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Shipwrecks! Great Lakes! Intrigue! The new Dive into History book club has got something for everyone, whether you're a shipwrecks buff or simply love the lakes. The first pick is "Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy." seagrant.wisc.edu/dive-into-historyseagrant.wisc.eduNew book club explores the mysteries of Great Lakes shipwrecksThe Dive into History book club will feature books from regional authors and discussions with a maritime archaeologist. 032
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Surprised and Sad Sculpins. #SundayFishSketch Mottled and Slimy! 04114
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Some nice coverage of Wisconsin's student winners of the 2026 Aquaculture Challenge in the latest issue of Aquaculture North America! 🐟 issuu.com/annexbusinessmedia/docs/a…issuu.comANA - September - October 2026 011
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerKatie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026ICYMI: the stop-work order on the Brandon Road invasive carp barrier project was lifted this week, though there has still been no reason given for the stoppage news.wttw.com/2026/09/03/t...news.wttw.comTrump Lifts Stop-Work Order on Great Lakes Invasive Carp Barrier, Construction to ResumeWork on the critical carp barrier was halted in late July. On Wednesday, the White House lifted the stop-work order. 0138
Reposted by Titus SeilheimerWisconsin Sea Grant @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A watershed-wide problem requires a watershed-wide solution. Enter the East River Collaborative, a Wisconsin Sea Grant-coordinated effort building flood resilience in the Green Bay area. impact.wisc.edu/uw-madison-and-gree…impact.wisc.eduUW–Madison and Green Bay-area partners build flood resilience along the East RiverWith coordinating support from UW–Madison's Wisconsin Sea Grant, the East River Collaborative brings together The Nature Conservancy, NEW Water and local governments to build a more resilient East River watershed. 032
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Seeing a former summer intern now a PhD student and presenting at #AFS156: Priceless! @garlab.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social 0262
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Great science communication collaboration project on reducing walleye mortality. #AFS156 www.keepfishwet.org/walleye-in-o... Aaron Shultz Great Lakes Indian Fisheries Commission reports on it.keepfishwet.orgWalleye In Our Hands — Keep Fish Wet 071
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026And it's new AFS Fellow Dr. Karen Murchie! Congratulations from me and all the suckers! #AFS156 071
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026President's Fishery Conservation Award goes to Marc Garden Great Lakes Fishery Commission. #AFS156 051
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Matt Cashman USGS www.usgs.gov/special-topi... #AFS156usgs.govNational Water Availability Assessment ReportThe National Water Availability Assessment reports provide synthesis and interpretation of water availability in the past, present, and future. 021
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026aquaticbarriers.org #AFS156aquaticbarriers.orgThe National Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative provides access to aquatic barriers data, prioritization tools, and aquatic connectivity teams. 010
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Looking at culverts is cool. Join the Passage Patrol! Snap a picture and their model will assess if it is a barrier based on their huge database. Kathleen Hoenke, National Fish Passage Partnership at #AFS156 180
Titus Seilheimer @drfishsg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Resilient River Explorer from The Nature Conservancy. Mary Khoury presents at #AFS156 www.maps.tnc.org/resilientriv... 041