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Annual Non-Target Species Mortality in Trap Nets in Lake Superior from 1983-1989

SPECIES MEAN MORTALITY MEAN CATCH
Sub Lake Whitefish 131 19,721
Lake Trout 414 11,341
Coho Salmon 26 37
Chinook Salmon 6 15
Rainbow Trout 6 11
Brown Trout 12 55
Lake Herring 41 143
Round Whitefish 39 67
Lake Sturgeon 0 48

Schorfhaar and Peck, Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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