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logo 9/24/2024 2:33:17 PM     
Historic boom in Lake Superior's herring population could be best in 40 years 
By Greg Stanley US Source: Star Tribune 6/22/2023
Greg Stanley
Credit: Alex Kormann, Star Tribune
A small, crucial fish that lives in the cold, deep waters of Lake Superior just had one of its healthiest years in at least four decades.
 

Potentially record numbers of lake herring — also called cisco — born last spring seem to have survived their first year of life, according to state and federal biologists. At a year old, they should be just large enough that few predators in Lake Superior will now eat them.

 
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