Potential comeback of Lake Herring in the Great Lakes?

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians's research vessel heads out from the Harbour Springs (Photo courtesy of Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians) — Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians’s research vessel heads out from the Harbour Springs (Photo courtesy of Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians)

A recent article in the Gaylord Herald Times out of Michigan suggests that lake herring or “cisco” might be making a comeback. Recent research in Little Traverse Bay by the DNR and several local Indian bands have detected adult lake herring which were also ready to spawn. Further work is being conducted to determine the health and sustainability of the population. Read more of the article here.