(Photo courtesy Downeast Trout Unlimited)
(Photo courtesy Downeast Trout Unlimited)
Downeast Trout Unlimited will host “The Lake Whitefish Project” and Magic on the River, during its January meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, via Zoom.
Dylan Whitaker, a fisheries research technician for IFW, will present The Lake Whitefish Project. A Maine native who has worked on salmonid fisheries management across the country, Whitaker returned to Maine in 2018 to lead the research.
Lake whitefish, a popular sport fish native to Maine, are designated as a Special Concern Species by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Research has helped to identify the factors that contributed to their decline, however, there’s still a lot to learn, and that’s where the public can help, according to Trout, in a news release. Whitaker will outline their biology and explain how residents can participate in a citizen science project.