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Perch Crisis on Lake Erie | Toronto News
Lake Erie’s yellow perch are vanishing this season, hitting commercial fisheries hard and sparking alarm—these prized fish, worth over $200 million annually in Ontario alone, are facing a perfect storm: a walleye explosion (50-100 million extra since 2020) devouring their prey and even eating perch directly, cormorants swooping in for a feast, climate-driven shifts messing with hatching and oxygen levels, and scientists scrambling to untangle the chaos while states and provinces debate drastic measures like culling walleye to restore balance. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow…
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