Lake Ontario Fisheries Unit Reports

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2008 Annual Report

Bureau of Fisheries Lake Ontario Unit & St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Lake Ontario Committee- presented March 2008:

2008 Lake Ontario Unit Annual Report (2.4 mb pdf)*
* Warning: This is a large document and may be slow to download. You can download individual sections of the report below.

Executive Summary (59 kb pdf)
(57 kb pdf)
Section 2: 2008 Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Survey (469 kb pdf)
(68 kb pdf)
Section 4: Eastern Basin of Lake Ontario Warmwater Fisheries Assessment, 1976-2008 (196 kb pdf)
Section 5: Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Ontario, 2008 (122 kb pdf)
Section 6: Thousand Islands Warmwater Fish Stock Assessment (86 kb pdf)
(85 kb pdf)
Section 8: 2008 Salmon River Wild Young-of-Year Chinook Salmon Seining Program (49 kb pdf)
(44 kb pdf)
Section 10: 2008 New York Cooperative Trout and Salmon Pen-Rearing Projects (31 kb pdf)
Section 11: A Recreational Fishery Survey of Irondequoit Bay (249 kb pdf)
Section 12: Status of Important Prey Fishes in the U.S. Waters of Lake Ontario, 2008 (273 kb pdf)
Section 13: Cormorant Management Activities in Lake Ontario's Eastern Basin (50 kb pdf)
Section 14: Double-Crested Cormorant Studies at Little Galloo Island, Lake Ontario in 2008: Diet Composition, Fish Consumption and the Efficacy of Management Activities in Reducing Fish Predation (56 kb pdf)
Section 15: Diet Composition and Fish Consumption of Double-Crested Cormorants from Three St. Lawrence River Colonies in 2008 (64 kb pdf)
Section 16: 2008/2009 Sportfishing Restoration & Spending Plan for the Lake Ontario System Update (35 kb pdf)
Section 17: 2008 Status of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem (510 kb pdf)

Past Reports

2007 Annual Report

Bureau of Fisheries Lake Ontario Unit & St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Lake Ontario Committee- presented March 2007:

Executive Summary (53 kb pdf)
Section 1--New York Lake Ontario and Upper St. Lawrence River Stocking Program 2007 (239 kb pdf)
Section 2-- 2007 Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Survey (567 kb pdf)
Section 3-- Acoustic Assessment of Pelagic Planktivores, 2007 (62 kb pdf)
(177 kb pdf)
Section 5-- Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Ontario, 2007 (165 kb pdf)
Section 6-- Thousand Islands Warmwater Fish Stock Assessment (562 kb pdf)
Section 7-- 2007 Lake St. Lawrence Warmwater Fisheries Assessment (165 kb pdf)
(65 kb pdf)
Section 9-- Population Characteristics of Pacific Salmonines Collected at the Salmon River Hatchery 2007 (69 kb pdf)
(214 kb pdf)
Section 11-- 2007 Warmwater Fisheries Assessment at Pultneyville, Lake Ontario (326 kb pdf)
Section 12-- Status of Important Prey Fishes in the U.S. Waters of Lake Ontario, 2007 (701 kb pdf)
(120kb pdf)
Section 14-- Diet Composition and Fish Consumption of Double-Crested Cormorants from the Little Galloo Island Colony of Eastern Lake Ontario in 2007 (156 kb pdf)
(247 kb pdf)
Section 16-- Diet Composition and Fish Consumption of Double-Crested Cormorants from the Pigeon and Snake Island Colonies of Eastern Lake Ontario in 2007 (129 kb pdf)
(158 kb pdf)
Section 18-- 2007 New York Cooperative Trout and Salmon Pen-Rearing Projects (60 kb pdf)
(334 kb pdf)
Section 20-- Sportfishing Restoration & Spending Plan for the Lake Ontario System (26 kb pdf)

2006 Annual Report

Bureau of Fisheries Lake Ontario Unit & St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Lake Ontario Committee- presented March 2007:

Executive Summary (116 kb pdf)
Section 1-- NY Lake Ontario and upper St. Lawrence River Stocking Program (83 kb pdf)
Section 2-- Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Census (823 kb pdf)
Section 3-- Pelagic Planktivores (59kb pdf)
(210 kb pdf)
Section 5-- Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Ontario (178 kb pdf)
Section 6-- Thousand Islands Warmwater Fish Stock Assessment (242 kb pdf)
Section 7-- Lake St. Lawrence Warmwater Fisheries Assessment (624 kb pdf)
Section 8-- Salmon River Wild YOY Chinook Salmon Seining Program (69 kb pdf)
Section 9-- Pacific Salmonines at Salmon River Hatchery (72 kb pdf)
(314 kb pdf)
(168 kb pdf)
Section 12-- Status of Major Prey Fish Stocks (502 kb pdf)
Section 13-- Cormorant Management Activities (115 kb pdf)
Section 14-- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Little Galloo Island (222 kb pdf)
Section 15-- Egg Oiling and Cormorants on Little Galloo Island (307 kb pdf)
(121 kb pdf)
Section 17-- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from St. Lawrence River Colonies (229 kb pdf)
Section 18-- Trout and Salmon Pen-Rearing Projects (49 kb pdf)
(466 kb pdf)
Section 20-- Status of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem: 2006 (346 kb pdf)
Section 21-- Lake Sturgeon Spawning in Lower Black River (342 kb pdf)

2005 Annual Report

Bureau of Fisheries Lake Ontario Unit & St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Lake Ontario Committee- presented March 2006:

Executive Summary (51 kb pdf)
(61 kb pdf)
(530 kb pdf)
Section 3-- Pelagic Planktivores (50 kb pdf)
Section 4-- Summary of 1976-2005 Warm Water Assessment (224 kb pdf)
Section 5-- Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Ontario (126 kb pdf)
Section 6-- Thousand Islands Warmwater Fish Stock Assessment (576 kb pdf)
Section 7-- Lake St. Lawrence Warmwater Fisheries Assessment (22 kb pdf)
Figures (44 kb pdf); Table (26 kb pdf)
Section 8-- Salmon River Wild YOY Chinook Salmon Seining Program (60 kb pdf)
Section 9-- Pacific Salmonines at Salmon River Hatchery (52 kb pdf)
Section 10-- Fall Lake Ontario Tributary Angler Survey (96 kb pdf)
(153 kb pdf)
Section 12-- Status of Major Prey Fish Stocks: Introduction (153 kb pdf) Alewife (632 kb pdf) Smelt (129 kb pdf) (149 kb pdf) Mid-Lake Assessment (76 kb pdf)
(41 kb pdf)
Section 14-- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Little Galloo Island (65 kb pdf)
Section 15-- Egg Oiling and Cormorants on Little Galloo Island (34 kb pdf)
Section 16-- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Pigeon and Snake Islands (51 kb pdf)
Section 17-- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from St. Lawrence River Colonies (57 kb pdf)
Section 18-- Trout and Salmon Pen-Rearing Projects (31 kb pdf)
Section 19-- Final Evaluation of Chinook Salmon Net Pen Studies (29 kb pdf)
Section 20-- 2Status of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem (161 kb pdf)
(12 kb pdf); Map (36 kb pdf)
Section 21-- Lake Sturgeon Spawning in Lower Black River (24 kb pdf)
(14 kb pdf); Figures (26 kb pdf)

2004 Annual Report

Bureau of Fisheries Lake Ontario Unit & St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Lake Ontario Committee- presented March 2005:

Executive Summary (37 kb pdf)
Section 1- Lake Ontario Stocking and Marking Program (65 kb pdf)
Section 2- Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Census (699 kb pdf)
Section 3- Pelagic Planktivores (38 kb pdf); (26 kb pdf)
Section 4- Summary of 1976-2004 Warm Water Assessment (188 kb pdf)
Section 5- Lake Trout Rehabilitation in Lake Ontario (85 kb pdf)
(715 kb pdf)
Section 7- Lake St. Lawrence Warmwater Fisheries (21 kb pdf); Figures (100 kb pdf); (20 kb pdf)
Section 8- Salmon River Wild YOY Chinook Seining Program (41 kb pdf)
(49 kb pdf)
Section 10- Salmon River Access Site Creel Survey (75 kb pdf)
Section 11- Offshore Stocking re: Piscivore Predation on Newly Stocked Lake Trout (101 kb pdf)
Section 12- Status of Major Prey Fish in Lake Ontario (602 kb pdf)
Section 13- Cormorant Management in Lake Ontario's Eastern Basin (39 kb pdf)
Section 14- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Little Galloo Island (43 kb pdf)
Section 15- Egg Oiling of Cormorants on Little Galloo Island (33 kb pdf)
Section 16- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Pigeon and Snake Islands (49 kb pdf)
Section 17- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from St. Lawrence River (50 kb pdf)
Section 18- Trout and Salmon Pen-Rearing Projects (39 kb pdf)
Section 19- Evaluations of Pen-Reared Steelhead and Chinook (30 kb pdf)
Section 20- Status of Lake Ontario Ecosystem (81 kb pdf); Figures: Fig. 1, 7 & 8 (32 kb pdf); Figs. 2 to 15 (74 kb pdf); Tables: Tables 1-3 (18 kb pdf); Tables 4-6 (18 kb pdf); Table 7 (11 kb pdf)
Section 21- Lake Sturgeon Restoration and Botulism E (17 kb pdf); Tables (13 kb pdf)
Section 22- Commercial Fishery Summary, 1997-2004 (17 kb pdf)
Section 23- Barge Stocking vs. Shore Stocking of Brown Trout (22 kb pdf)
(34 kb pdf)

2003 Annual Report

Bureau of Fisheries Lake Ontario Unit & St. Lawrence River Unit to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's Lake Ontario Committee- presented March 2004:

Section 1- Lake Ontario Stocking and Marking Program (157 kb pdf)
Section 2- Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Census (550 kb pdf)
Section 3- Pelagic Planktivores (162 kb pdf)
Section 4- Summary of 1976-2003 Warm Water Assessment (378 kb pdf)
Section 5- Lake Trout Rehabilitation (250 kb pdf)
Section 6- Thousand Islands Warmwater Fish Stock (598 kb pdf)
Section 7- Lake St. Lawrence Warmwater Fisheries (661 kb pdf)
Section 8- Salmon River Wild YOY Chinook Seining Program (147 kb pdf)
Section 9- Pacific Salmonines Collected at the Salmon River Hatchery (164 kb pdf)
Section 10- Salmon River Access Site Creel Survey (129 kb pdf)
Section 11- Offshore Stocking re: Piscivore Predation on Newly Stocked Lake Trout (135 kb pdf)
Section 12- Status of Major Prey Fish Stocks (599 kb pdf)
Section 13- Cormorant Management in Lake Ontario's Eastern Basin (123 kb pdf)
Section 14- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Little Galloo Island (146 kb pdf)
Section 15- Egg Oiling of Cormorants on Little Galloo Island (139 kb pdf)
Section 16- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from Pigeon and Snake Islands (179 kb pdf)
Section 17- Diet and Fish Consumption of Cormorants from St. Lawrence River Colonies (156 kb pdf)
Section 18- Cooperative Trout and Salmon Pen-Rearing Projects (120 kb pdf)
Section 19- Pen-Reared Steelhead and Chinook Salmon (28 kb pdf)
Section 20- Status of the Lake Ontario Ecosystem (180 kb pdf): Figures: Fig. 1, 7 & 8 (128 kb); Fig. 2 (61 kb); Fig. 3 (94 kb); Fig. 4 (96 kb); Fig. 5 (96 kb); Fig. 6 (88 kb); Fig. 9 (63 kb); Fig. 10 (77 kb); Fig. 11 (93 kb); Fig. 12 (108 kb); Fig. 13 (76 kb); Fig. 14 (72 kb); Fig. 15 (70 kb); Tables: 1-3 (113 kb); 4-6 (106 kb);7 (94 kb)
Section 21- Lake Sturgeon Stocking Summary (96 kb pdf); Table 1 (81kb)
Section 22- Eastern Basin of Lake Ontario Creel Survey (373 kb pdf)
Section 23- Barge Stocking Vs. Shore Stocking of Brown Trout (117 kb pdf)

Monthly Lake Ontario Creel Survey Report- summary from 1992-1998