Commercial vessels, under contract to the BCF, skimming dead alewives from the
surface of Lake Michigan. For years, dieoffs of overabundant alewives have
created health and aesthetic problems.
Image ID: fish7936, NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection Location: Lake Michigan Photo Date: 1969 circa Credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; P. 331 of "Our Changing Fisheries" 1970 Centenary NMFS centenary volume
