Great Lakes Fish Health Committee
Established in 1973 under Article VI of the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States and Canada of 1954, the Great Lakes Fish Health Committee serves as the instrument of the commission for coordination of regional efforts in the Great Lakes basin to prevent introduction and dissemination of communicable fish diseases by:
- recommending and fostering conduct of research and studies related to fish health and disease control;
- recommending and coordinating measures which minimize risk of introduction and dissemination of communicable fish disease; and
- preparing for publication scientific and other information related to fish health protection.
Great Lakes Fish Health Committee Terms of Reference
Members
- Nicole Nietlisbach, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Chair
- Isaiah Tolo, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Vice Chair
- Peter Addison, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
- Paul Brown, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- John Coll, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Jim Daley, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Ed Eisch, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Chris French, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- Danielle Godard, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Chair
- Tom Gorenflo, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
- Kerry Hobden, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
- Alexander Ingersoll, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Kevin Irons, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Sunita Khatkar, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Kyle Leachman, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- Thomas Loch, Michigan State University
- Bill Mattes, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Com.
- Brian Niewinski, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
- Andrew Noyes, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- Paula Phelps, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Ken Phillips, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Michele Benavidez Westrich, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Coja Yamashita, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Updated Aug, 2024
Publications and Products
- Great Lakes lake trout thiamine monitoring program annual report (2022)
- Position Statement Regarding The Use Of Cyprinid Herpesvirus-3(CyHV-3) As A Biological Control Agent For Common Carp (2019)
- Model Program for Fish Health Management in the Great Lakes (2014)
- Risk Assessment for the Introduction or Transfer of Fish and Associated Pathogens into the Great Lakes Basin (2014)
- Great Lakes Fish Health Committee Research Priorities (2014)
- Technical Advisors to the Great Lakes Fish Health Committee (2015)
- A guide to integrated fish health management in the Great Lakes basin (2002)
- Hatchery Classification Report
- Salmonid Importation Report
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