Study: Great Lakes' Salmon Failing To Thrive Because of 'Junk Food' Diet 
US Source: Underwatertimes 5/21/2006

A Lake Superior State University study on Atlantic salmon conducted by researchers in the LSSU Aquatic Research Laboratory has shed some light on why the fish are not reproducing naturally in the Great Lakes.

The findings, conducted by Marshall Werner Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, Roger Greil, lab manager, and Benjamin Rook, a student from Holt, will be published in June in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
 

The study, which took place in the LSSU lab on the St. Mary's River, where LSSU raises Atlantic salmon for annual release, found that Atlantic salmon have difficulty reproducing when the amount of vitamin B1 is low in their eggs.

This deficiency leads to a disease called Early Mortality Syndrome, or EMS.

"EMS is a potential problem for all salmon in the Great Lakes," said Werner. "This disease appears to be due to the presence of certain bait fish such as alewives, smelt, and gizzard shad in the Great Lakes. These types of fish contain an enzyme called thiaminase, which breaks down vitamin B1, or thiamine."

Werner and his colleagues at the LSSU lab have been investigating EMS in the Atlantic salmon that are stocked in the St. Mary's River every year.

They have observed that when the levels of thiamine are low in the eggs of spawning females, the resulting juvenile salmon have high death rates.

 
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