RAINY LAKE FISHERIES CHARITY TRUST SUPPORTS FIRST RESEARCH PROJECT IN 2006
The RLFCT has recently approved funding for 2006 and 2007 to support the following post-graduate research program on Rainy Lake, Ontario:
Title: INVESTIGATIONS IN APPLIED SMALLMOUTH BASS BIOLOGY IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO
Principle Investigators:
Dr. Steven Cooke- Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology & Conservation Physiology, Carleton University
- Dr. Bruce Tufts
- Professor of Fish Physiology, Queen’s University
Project 1: Comparative air exposure in smallmouth and largemouth bass
Project 2: Assessment of smallmouth bass physiology, post-release behaviour and fate in a fall bass tournament
Project 3: 2007 catch and release research
Project 4: Nesting biology and parental care research
RLFCT supports second research project in 2009
The RLFCT approved funding for 2009 and 2010 to support the following post-graduate research program on Rainy Lake, Ontario:
Title: INVESTIGATIONS IN LAKE STURGEON FEEDING ECOLOGY ON RAINY LAKE
Principal Investigator:
- Dr. Brian McLaren
- Professor, Lakehead University
Project 1: The Influence of lake characteristics on invertebrate community structure in the littoral zone: the importance to lake sturgeon
Project 2: Selection of foragin habitats by lake sturgeon (Honours Thesis)
Project 3: SeaCam assessment for substrate sampling.
RLFCT supports third research project in 2015
The RLFCT approved funding for 2015 and 2016 to support the following research project:
Title: HABITAT AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AS DRIVERS OF NORTHERN PIKE GROWTH POTENTIAL
Principal Investigators:
- Dr. Michael Rennie
- Assistant Professor, Lakehead University
Adjunct Professor, University of Manitoba - Dr. Jim Reist
- Senior Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)