Province starts lake monitoring

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) will be surveying lakes in Ontario to monitor fish populations, check for invasive species and take water samples.
“Information gathered through these surveys will be used to help make decisions about managing fisheries, including setting fishing seasons and size limits for anglers,” read a June 28 press release from MNR – this operation is part of a five-year monitoring cycle designed to help manage fisheries.
Over the five-year cycle, 630 lakes will be targeted in Ontario.
Fisheries crews will be setting up buoys and nets in particular areas of lakes near the following Ontario towns and cities: Nipigon, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Wawa, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Geraldton, Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout.
The press release reads that if you find yourself on a lake that is being monitored and see MNR buoys, don’t lift the nets or buoys and avoid fishing or disturbing the area near and around the buoys.