By Kelly House\/bridge Michigan With time running out to save the Great Lakes\u2019 whitefish from a deadly mussel invasion, Michigan officials have a moonshot plan to pluck fish from Lake Michigan and breed them in captivity. With sustained money, effort and luck, the fish\u2019s offspring could one day help repopulate the lake after humans quell the mussels that have pushed the lake\u2019s wild whitefish to near-collapse. \u201cIt\u2019s really about saving those genetic stocks right now,\u201d said Doug Craven, natural resources director for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. \u201cIf we don\u2019t do it this year, there may not be enough wild fish in those stocks\u201d to do it in the future. Armed with $350,000 from the recently passed state budget and nearly $900,000 from the Great Lakes Fishery… <\/p>\n
By Kelly House\/bridge Michigan With time running out to save the Great Lakes\u2019 whitefish from a deadly mussel invasion, Michigan officials have a moonshot plan to pluck fish from Lake Michigan and breed them in captivity. With sustained money, effort and luck, the fish\u2019s offspring could one day help repopulate the lake after humans quell the mussels that have pushed the lake\u2019s wild whitefish to near-collapse. \u201cIt\u2019s really about saving those genetic stocks right now,\u201d said Doug Craven, natural resources director for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians. \u201cIf we don\u2019t do it this year, there may not be enough wild fish in those stocks\u201d to do it in the future. Armed with $350,000 from the recently passed state budget and nearly $900,000 from the Great Lakes Fishery... <\/p>\n