Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that state biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state, officials have announced. This fall, the Department of ...

After nearly being wiped out in the mid-20th century, one of the Great Lakes' top native fish species has "fully recovered" in the world's greatest freshwater lake, according to natural resource ...

The lake trout population in Lake Superior dropped by 95% because of overfishing and the invasive parasite, sea lamprey. Lake Superior’s top predator fish is at a sustainable population. The lake ...

More than 60 years after invasive sea lamprey began decimating Lake Superior lake trout, restoration efforts have successfully returned this native freshwater fish to the lake. Both a keystone species ...

Michigan DNR officials say the oldest lake trout ever recorded was found in 2023. Researchers were studying a subspecies of lake trout at a remote island in Lake Superior when they recorded the ...

LAKE SUPERIOR (WJRT) - The Lake Superior Committee (LSC) of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission announced that the lake trout population has "fully restored" in Lake Superior. According to the ...

Nashon Randall, second from right, a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, tosses a lake trout into a bucket as fellow Band members Antwan LaFave, right, Kail Beaulieu, left, and ...