marine food fishes

What Is Sea Smelt?

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smelt, any of certain silvery, chiefly marine food fishes , family Osmeridae, closely related to salmon and trout and found in cold northern waters Smelts, like trout, have a small, adipose (fleshy) fin. They are slender carnivores and spawn short distances upstream, in the surf or in ponds. Is smelt fish good to eat? Rainbow … Read more

Why Is There No Smelt In Lake Michigan?

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What happened to the smelt? Ecologists point to several changes in Lake Michigan that have caused the smelt population to dwindle over the years Coho Salmon, for example, have now become predators of smelt because other fish they used to consume (like lake herring) have vanished completely from the lake. Are smelt native to Lake … Read more