Description: This layer shows waters less than 13 m of depth, which is the definition of suitablewalleye habitat by the the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Standing Technical Committee (2007). This layer represents waters less than 13 m of depth, which is the definition of suitable walleye habitat by the the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Standing Technical Committee (2007). Bathymetry data layer was from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/greatlakes/greatlakes.html) and standardized to the GLAHF spatial framework at a resolution of 30 m.
Reference: Standing Technical Committee, 2007. Quota allocation strategies. Report of the Standing Technical Committee to the Lake Erie Committee. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI, 8pp.
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Copyright Text: The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) project has been funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust and led by Dr. Catherine Riseng, PI at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, with partners from Michigan Department of Natural Resources-Institute for Fisheries Research, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, International Joint Commission, Michigan State University, The Nature Conservancy, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota-Duluth, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and many collaborating partners in both the USA and Canada. More information about this project can be found at http://glahf.org/.
Description: The walleye habitat suitability index (HSI) boundary for the model published in Pandit et al. (2013) for Lake Erie. The approximate boundaries for the walleye habitat suitability model built by Pandit et al. (2013) using walleye gillnet sampling data from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) and Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The model was built from data collected in the Ontario waters of the western and eastern basins of Lake Erie.
Reference: Pandit, S.N., Y. Zhao, J.J.H. Ciborowski, A.M. Gorman, C.T. Knight, 2013. Suitable habitat model for walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Erie: Implications for inter-jurisdictional harvest quota allocations. J of Great Lakes Research 39: 591-601.
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Copyright Text: The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF) project has been funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Trust and led by Dr. Catherine Riseng, PI at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, with partners from Michigan Department of Natural Resources-Institute for Fisheries Research, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, International Joint Commission, Michigan State University, The Nature Conservancy, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota-Duluth, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and many collaborating partners in both the USA and Canada. More information about this project can be found at http://glahf.org/.