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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 9h

Brandon Schroeder received these goodies after his fisheries heritage talk at Thunder Bay Natl Marine Sanctuary this week. Coincidentally, the fact sheet (which highlights MI's rich fossil-hunting) was a product we helped create back in the mid-2000s. We love when our work comes full-circle!

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cleveland Rocks (if you're a baby sturgeon): Before juvenile lake sturgeon were released into the Cuyahoga River last year, they received tiny acoustic transmitters - now, early data shows that many are sticking close to Cleveland Harbor. signalcleveland.org/lake-erie-ba...

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Lake Erie’s baby sturgeon are thriving a year after release - Signal Cleveland

Ahead of Saturday's Sturgeon Fest, we checked in on the little babies released last year. How are they doing? Early signs are promising.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yesterday rocked! Ext Educator Lauren Stigers came to talk about aquaculture at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor. After the talk, a grilled rainbow trout lunch from Spring Valley Trout Farm near Dexter. Thanks to all who came to learn and enjoy fresh MI fish with us!

A row of staff from Spring Valley Trout Farm, wearing aprons and standing under a tent with cooking equipment

A blue ceramic plate filled with caesar salad, pasta salad, a brownie, and a fillet of grilled rainbow trout

Lauren Stigers stands at the front of a lecture hall

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Face-to-face with a sea lamprey, campers at this year's 4-H Great Lakes & Natural Resources Camp investigated how invasive species change ecosystems, impact fisheries, and challenge communities that depend on healthy Great Lakes waters. buff.ly/7BNpj6q

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Are all green algal blooms harmful? Not necessarily! If you're not sure how to ID a bloom, grab a stick. If the stick can pick up green gooey strings, it's probably harmless filamentous green algae: buff.ly/2rv4xsO

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#FoodieFriday If you're in Ann Arbor, come sample this dish at a seminar/tasting on Sept. 16! Extension Educator Lauren Stigers will share the latest science/policies shaping MI aquaculture, followed by a rainbow trout cooking demo. Register to join in person (link in recipe post) buff.ly/IOnsUto

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Jim’s “to die for” trout

Farm-raised rainbow trout with garlic and honey mustard — what’s not to love?

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

TOMORROW, you can help baby lake sturgeon get home! Friday, Sept. 4, is the first of two release days around the Saginaw Bay region (second is Sept. 26). Join us in Chesaning, Midland, Frankenmuth, or Flint to carry these baby dinosaur fish into the river! buff.ly/0uEZ4QX

Two Days: September 4 and 26, 2026, Lake Sturgeon Reintroduction, Saginaw Bay Watershed, saginawbaysturgeon.org

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Manoomin, bottomlands, and a "Great Lakes Forever" pledge feature in some recommendations from a new study into steps that could help Michigan boost ecological protection and biodiversity goals for the Great Lakes: buff.ly/i6mmb5r

A hillside of blooming wildflowers in front of a beautiful blue lake view

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Start your Labor Day weekend right by helping baby lake sturgeon get home! Fri 9/4 is the first of two release days around the Saginaw Bay region (second is 9/26). Join us in Chesaning, Midland, Frankenmuth, or Flint to carry these baby dinosaur fish into the river! buff.ly/0uEZ4QX

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Part guide, part entrepreneur, part educator, and part citizen scientist, Great Lakes charter captains spend hundreds of days each year on the water, observing changes in fish populations, water conditions, and angler preferences. (1/3)

A young man and elderly man hold a fish together on a boat

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Carol Thompson @carol-thompson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You've heard the warnings about harmful algae blooms: Don't go near the scum. It's dangerous to drink or touch. But what about to breathe? Scientists at U-Toledo and U-Mich race to learn more about the risk. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

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Algae blooms' toxins are dangerous to touch. But what about to breathe?

University of Michigan and Toledo scientists are studying how exposure to airborne toxins from Lake Erie's algae blooms could affect people.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

ICYMI -- August Upwellings is here! We're munching on Superior sushi, noodling for native mussels, managing Lake St. Clair's muck, and more: buff.ly/GzAUOvH Bonus: Our Great Lakes and Michigan watershed posters, plus our lake sturgeon life cycle poster, are on sale! buff.ly/NSClgox

The header "Upwellings" superimposed on an image of rock formations rising from the clear waters of a Great Lake

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Extra, extra -- August Upwellings is here! We're munching on Superior sushi, noodling for native mussels, managing Lake St. Clair's muck, and more: buff.ly/GzAUOvH Bonus: Our Great Lakes and Michigan watershed posters, plus our lake sturgeon life cycle poster, are on sale! www.miseagrant.com

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Don't mind us, we're just sidling up to Anna to ask for a bite 😋 #FreshwaterFeasts

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Anna Bagels @anna-bagels.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We've been getting mushrooms in our CSA from www.themushroomhub.com, and decided to make some vegan po' boys inspired by @helloellower.bsky.social's blog post for @miseagrant.bsky.social: freshwaterfeasts.com/2026/04/24/o... *Disclaimer: I cooked 0% of this meal, but i did eat 100% of it

photo of a vegan mushroom po' boy sandwich including a big sandwich roll, vegan remulade, fried oyster mushrooms, lettuce, and tomato on a plate. there is a squeezed 1/2 lemon in the background

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you use Great Lakes water level tools, nautical charts, or GIS programs, you rely on the Great Lakes Datum (official reference point for measuring water heights). The datum is getting an update soon, and NOAA wants YOUR input to shape future datum outreach/products (survey buff.ly/m3tc0Sk ) (1/2)

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International Great Lakes Datum (IGLD) Survey

OMB Control Number: 0690-0030 Expiration Date: 8/31/2026 Dear Great Lakes Practitioners! NOAA is currently updating the Great Lakes' water level datums and is seeking your input. Please take this…

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A 5th-grade sturgeon science cruise with Friends of the St. Clair River sparked Simon Conover's love for freshwater ecology. This summer, he came full circle to work with them as a MISG-funded undergraduate intern! (1/2)

A young white man with long, curly brown hair smiles while holding up a native mussel on the banks of a river

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dr. Howard Tanner, a giant among Great Lakes fish biologists and conservationists, passed away this week at the age of 102. Back in 2019, he spoke at Great Lakes Day about his new book, "Something Spectacular: My Great Lakes Salmon Story." Watch the recording from his talk: buff.ly/QYrveKL

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Dr. Howard Tanner, a pioneering fisheries biologist, educator, and leader, passed away on August 16 at the age of 102. When he became MI's fisheries chief in 1964, he inherited a collapsed food web and a public searching for answers. His bold decision reshaped the Great Lakes: buff.ly/9AVhqgG (1/2)

A black-and-white photograph of young Howard Tanner stooping over a creek with a net full of young fish.

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Anna Bagels @anna-bagels.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Detroit folks w/ middle school aged kids: FREE Stream Girls event on Aug 25 10am-2pm at Fort Street Bridge Park. Participants will rotate through stations staffed by local environmental STEM-focused orgs to complete activities and explore the diverse opportunities available in these fields.

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Stream Girls Event Registration

This event will take place from 10am-2pm on August 25th, 2026, at Fort Street Bridge Park in Detroit. During this time, participants will rotate through stations staffed by local environmental Science...

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

(2/2) Working across state lines, these specialists have shared expertise to fill gaps in training capaciy, ensuring the seafood industry nationwide has access to critical food safety education. Read more: buff.ly/62r2pvg

Sea Grant's strength is in its network. 14 Sea Grant programs worked together across state lines and lending a hand to states without a Sea Grant program. 7,785 seafood professionals were certified with required FDA training to keep seafood safe.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Over the past five years, Sea Grant seafood specialists from 14 programs— including Michigan!— have collaborated to support the $70 billion U.S. seafood industry by certifying 7,785 seafood professionals in FDA‑required training for seafood processors. (1/2)

Sea Grant's Strength is in its Network. Providing required federal training to help keep seafood safe supporting $70 billion seafood industry across the country

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you're interested in bees, ospreys, invasive species, vernal pools, or water quality, there's a Michigan citizen science project waiting for you: buff.ly/C925RpA

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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We invite you to propose a session for the 2027 annual conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research The conference will be held May 24–28, 2027, in Duluth, Minnesota, as a hybrid event. #IAGLR27

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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition @healthylakes.org · 10/08/2026

The early bird rate for the Great Lakes Conference ends in 2 weeks! Get this discounted rate while you can at bit.ly/GLConference26 #GreatLakes #Detroit

Detroit skyline as the sun sets with overlay text: 2026 Great Lakes Conference. Early bird ends in 2 weeks!

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"We all have a role to play" in the mammoth -- and transformative -- effort to clean up legacy pollution in the Detroit River. Great write-up about the ongoing restoration work from @planetdetroit.org buff.ly/h1HPr90

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Fourteen years after a harmful algal bloom on Lake Erie cut off water to my hometown of Toledo, research is helping improve forecasts at both the short-term (days) and long-term (months) scale www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/08/04/h...

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How scientists can predict Lake Erie's harmful algal blooms months before they appear - Great Lakes Now

Long before green algae coats Lake Erie's shoreline, researchers use river data, weather patterns and satellites to forecast blooms and their potential impacts.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Legacy phosphorus stored in soil casts a long shadow on water quality. Tech and green infrastructure can help reduce nutrient issues by slowing water, reducing soil disturbance, conserving floodplains, monitoring water quality, and identifying strategic fertilizer application times: buff.ly/ZpTzz9j

A pair of men stand in a field of cows, looking at soil on a shovel blade

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Join Silvia Newell and other great speakers on Tuesday, August 11 at 12 PM ET for a dynamic panel discussion on Innovations in Nutrient Mitigation! Expansion of intensive ag/livestock sectors have elevated nutrient pollution to one of the most pressing Great Lakes water quality concerns. (1/2)

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

MISG undergraduate intern Ali Iqbal, a student at Wayne State in Detroit, unpacks his summer project about collaborative governance structures in the Great Lakes region:

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Intern update: Explaining the “Grand Challenges” proposal | Michigan Sea Grant

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Talk about a spooky name: Invasive bloody red shrimp seem to have successfully set up shop in all five Great Lakes. Researchers don't have clear evidence that the shrimp are harming the Great Lakes, but any change to an already wobbly food web could bring long-term consequences:

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Scientists find proof of invader established in Lake Superior

By Eric Freedman Scientists now have evidence that yet another invasive aquatic species — the bloody red shrimp — is established in all five Great Lakes.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you live in southeast Michigan, SEMCOG wants to hear from you: how has flooding impacted you personally? How might your community build resilience to keep homes and businesses safe? Take the survey by August 11 to make sure your voice is heard! buff.ly/rt7Ztmo

A car drives down a flooded urban street

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

MISG intern Zoey Crossley had extra hands on deck this week! Third-year campers from 4-H Great Lakes and Natural Resources Camp visited Thunder Bay Natl Marine Santuary to help Zoey collect water samples to shed light on Lake Huron acidification. Catch up on Zoey's summer blog posts: buff.ly/Fqs5v6o

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Two students on a boat deck with sampling equipment

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#FoodieFriday That's a wrap on July's Mi Fresh Fish events -- no, really, that's a wrapped roll of sushi, made with poached lake trout, spicy mayo, and savory seasoned rice! Recipe from Anthony Johnson, food systems specialist for Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, on Freshwater Feasts:

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Superior sushi roll

Great Lakes sushi? Give it a try!

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Join us on October 7, 2026 (8am-4:30pm) to celebrate Saginaw Bay at the biennial State of the Bay Conference! Hear from researchers, educators, nonprofits, and more on three tracks of focus: Environmental Education, Community Development, and Watershed Issues and Management: buff.ly/vugzCaO

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A pilot project will remove large mats of algae build-up from three locations on Lake St. Clair. MISG Extension Educator Erica Anculle explains the connection between mucky mats and invasive mussels:

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Project to remove thick mats of algae on Lake St. Clair to begin this fall

The $800,000 pilot project will allow the removal of the mats with researchers studying what happens after.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We partnered with MSU Extension and Belle Isle Conservancy on a fresh edition of "Beautiful Belle Isle," published this summer. Explore historical and natural sites around Detroit's island park with this pocket-sized guidebook. Pick up your copy from BIC! buff.ly/uANO4cU

A cluster of people who worked on the Beautiful Belle Isle book, posing with a copy of the book at its launch

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A pilot project will remove large mats of algae build-up from three locations on Lake St. Clair. MISG Extension Educator Erica Anculle explains the connection between mucky mats and invasive mussels:

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Project to remove thick mats of algae on Lake St. Clair to begin this fall

The $800,000 pilot project will allow the removal of the mats with researchers studying what happens after.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

MSU's excellent Conservation Stewards Program is running classes in six counties this fall -- which one will you join? Registration is open through August 9 in Berrien, Macomb, Marquette, Muskegon, Osceola/Lake/Mecosta, and Wayne counties: buff.ly/QdWkAaH

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We're blown away by the response to our first Mi Fresh Fish Fry in Escanaba -- 400 folks came out to celebrate MI's beloved fishing/fish processing industries! Shout-out to Daniel J. Kobasic Foundation for sponsoring and to the vendors and volunteers. Peek at the day's activities: buff.ly/ShVJs7U

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MI Fresh Fry 2026 Hosts Large Crowd Entering into Marina Fest

The celebration of Michigan’s commercial and recreational fisheries was an idea started by Sea Grant Extension Educator Lauren Stigers.

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Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition @healthylakes.org · 27/07/2026

It'll be hard to choose what sessions to go to at this year's Great Lakes Conference! Here are those in the themes of emerging issues and addressing environmental injustices. See the full list of sessions and get registered at bit.ly/GLConference26 #GreatLakes #Michigan

Text graphic. 2026 Great Lakes Conference. Emerging issues sessions: Exploring Policy Tools for the Protection of Groundwater and Wetland Hydrology; Sustainable Water Management Solutions in Data Center Development: Strategies and Guidance. Addressing environmental injustices sessions: Who Pays for Clean Water? The Cost of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie.

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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We're aware that the #GLANSIS home page isn't showing up properly in Google searches at the moment due to a web crawler snafu -- don't worry, the site is still live, and our web team at NOAA GLERL is working to resolve the problem! In the meantime, here's a direct link: www.glerl.noaa.gov/glansis/

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