The nearshore fish community was sampled in western Lake Erie in 2005, the lower Detroit River in 2006 and 2008, and the St. Clair Flats in 2007. A combination of electrofishing, fyke netting, and beach seines were used to target a variety of habitat types in the nearshore waters. The combined catch included 66 species of fish from 19 families. This survey documents the great variety of fish species that rely on nearshore habitat in this system for at least some stage of their life cycle. Nearshore habitat has been shown to be particularly important for juvenile game fish and forage fish production. The completion of this study provides important baseline data on the fish community in the Huron-Erie Corridor.

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