Searun rainbow smelt—a culturally and ecologically valuable fish for New England anglers, consumers and marine ecosystems—is on the decline. Determining the extent of that decline, however, is ...

LANSING, MI — It turns out that rainbow smelt and some panfish in Michigan are not as highly contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ as previously thought. This week, the Michigan Department of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. To its credit, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W ...

Rainbow smelt are similar in lifestyle to the mighty alewife and blueback herring. These diminutive forage fish are anadromous – they hatch in freshwater, travel to the ocean to grow to adulthood, ...

My dad rolled the small fish in egg and then flour, and set it beside three other smelt in the hot frying pan. He stood over the stove, explaining how he used to catch smelt for his friends, a local ...

The reasons for the dwindling population of smelt prey fish in the Great Lakes to near historic lows are more complicated than previously believed, new research suggests. Although results of the 2014 ...

Patricia Pastella, commissioner of the Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection, confirmed recently the discovery of a rainbow smelt in Onondaga Lake -- the first one collected as ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — State officials believe they have solved one of the mysteries of why Lake Superior smelt are showing such high levels of PFAS contamination. The Michigan Department of ...

The Department of Natural Resources issued a consumption advisory Friday for rainbow smelt from Lake Superior after elevated levels of PFAS were found in the fish. The DNR, along with the Department ...

The reasons for the dwindling population of smelt prey fish in the Great Lakes to near historic lows are more complicated than previously believed, new research from Purdue University and ...