Shallow-water ciscoes, a native fish species extirpated from Lake Erie in the mid-20th century, have been rediscovered in a Pennsylvania lake. Biologists are investigating the possibility of ...

"If we can bring that back to what it used to be, that may be impossible, but I think even an attempt to do that is necessary." Scientists stunned after discovering long-lost fish thriving in lake for ...

While a cleaner Lake Erie is seen mostly as good news, it may lead to trade-offs in desirable fish species, a new study suggests. Historically important sport and commercial fish in the lake ...

Almost every summer a wave of rumors resurfaces, some playful, others misinformed, about the possibility of sharks in the ...

Go fish. It’s been a great few years for it on Lake Erie. That’s what aquatic scientists from the state Department of Environmental Conservation told more than 100 local anglers ...

“Lake Erie is the greatest fishing lake in the world,” Hanley said. “To see anything happen to it would be devastating.” Of course, Asian carp are not the only invasive species threatening ...

A Pennsylvania angler caught his ‘unicorn’ fish Sunday in Erie. Colton Alex, 18, of Erie, was fishing in a tournament in Lake Erie when he hooked into a large Atlantic Salmon.

The species jeopardizing areas of Lake Erie the most is the zebra mussel. Scientists say that they are a great threat to the Great Lakes and their threat should not be minimized due to the loss of ...

That’s good for some fish species, like lake whitefish or walleye. Lake whitefish live on the bottom of the lake and their food supply is affected by low-oxygen dead zones, Ludsin said. But the study ...