Goodbye, walleye!
Experts: Climate change threats Minn. fisheries
Article by: STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press
September 4, 2013 - 6:05 PM
MINNEAPOLIS — Climate change threatens Minnesota's prized fisheries from North Shore trout streams to popular walleye lakes such as Mille Lacs, experts said Wednesday as the National Wildlife Federation released a national study on the risks to freshwater fish in a warming world.
"It is clear that climate change is creating new stresses on fish, whether brook trout in Appalachia, walleye in the Midwest, Apache trout in the arid Southwest, or salmon in the Pacific Northwest," the report said.
And it's not just summer fishing that's at risk. The report said the Midwest's ice fishing tradition could melt away because lakes are slower to freeze and quicker to thaw.
Study co-author Doug Inkley said 37 percent of all freshwater aquatic animal species are at risk, and the country needs to address the root cause by cutting carbon dioxide pollution. But he said other necessary steps include safeguarding fish and their habitats from climate change, such as by restoring forests upstream and protecting wetlands and flood plains to improve water quality. Another strategy is to use water more wisely, he said, especially where it's in short supply.
Article by: STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press
September 4, 2013 - 6:05 PM
MINNEAPOLIS — Climate change threatens Minnesota's prized fisheries from North Shore trout streams to popular walleye lakes such as Mille Lacs, experts said Wednesday as the National Wildlife Federation released a national study on the risks to freshwater fish in a warming world.
"It is clear that climate change is creating new stresses on fish, whether brook trout in Appalachia, walleye in the Midwest, Apache trout in the arid Southwest, or salmon in the Pacific Northwest," the report said.
And it's not just summer fishing that's at risk. The report said the Midwest's ice fishing tradition could melt away because lakes are slower to freeze and quicker to thaw.
Study co-author Doug Inkley said 37 percent of all freshwater aquatic animal species are at risk, and the country needs to address the root cause by cutting carbon dioxide pollution. But he said other necessary steps include safeguarding fish and their habitats from climate change, such as by restoring forests upstream and protecting wetlands and flood plains to improve water quality. Another strategy is to use water more wisely, he said, especially where it's in short supply.
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