Walleyes in two Gogebic lakes to be tested for mercury content

By RALPH ANSAMI

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Walleyes in two Gogebic County lakes will be collected for mercury testing this spring after the ice cover leaves.

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission will survey Cisco and Thousand Island lakes in Gogebic County. Up to 12 adult walleyes will be taken from each lake for mercury testing, according to Mark Luehring, a fisheries biologist for GLIFWC, which has an office in Odanah, Wis.

Mercury testing will be done at the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

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