MARQUETTE – The Department of Natural Resources research vessel Lake Char is high and dry this time of year, but the data gathered from the past season's studies continues to make waves.
The Lake Char is the first vessel specifically built for the DNR to study the world's largest freshwater lake – Lake Superior. The larger and newer vessel means biologists can venture farther out and survey a larger sample of fish. It's also much safer than the Lake Char's predecessor, which had sunk at least once in its career on the Great Lakes.
According to fisheries biologist Shawn Sitar, Lake Superior lake trout are a healthy example for the other Great Lakes to follow. Part of the mission for the crew of the Lake Char is determining why trout are healthier in Lake Superior than they are in other lakes, to help those lakes recover their populations.
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