It is estimated that approximately one-third of the world’s population are using groundwater for drinking purposes. Pollution of ground water due to industrial effluents is a major issue (Vasanthavigar et al., 2011). Poor groundwater quality brings negative impact to human health and plant growth. In developing countries like India, it is estimated that around 80% of all diseases are directly related to poor drinking water quality and unhygienic conditions (Olajire & Imeokparia, 2001; Vasanthavigar et al., 2011). Human activities like industrialization are responsible to the groundwater quality and the groundwater contamination and spread of contaminant are amongst the major factor lead to human hazards | STRATEGIC PLAN FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN FISHERIES Prepared by the Fisheries Technical Committee of the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Bureau of Fisheries Route 86 P. O. Box 296 Ray Brook NY 12977-0296 Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife 103 S. Main St. 10 South Waterbury VT 05676 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources Office 11 Lincoln St. Essex Junction VT 05452 Citation Fisheries Technical Committee 2009. Strategic Plan for Lake Champlain Fisheries. Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative USFWS Essex Junction VT July 2009 p. 1 Fisheries Technical Committee Bradley A. Young1 Chairman Wayne R. Bouffard1 Brian D. Chipman2 Lance E. Durfey3 Shawn P. Good4 Madeleine M. Lyttle1 Chet MacKenzie4 J. Ellen Marsden principal editor 5 6 z trfl Q2 3 1 QfQdtc1 Donna L. Parrish Bernie Pientka William F. Schoch Stephen J. Smith Nicholas R. Staats Emily C. Zollweg7 Additional contributors Doug Facey Saint Michael s College VT Kevin Kelsey Ed Weed Fish Culture Station VTDFW VT Mark Malchoff Lake Champlain Sea Grant SUNY Plattsburgh NY David A. Tilton1 1USFWS Essex Junction VT 2VTDFW Essex Junction VT 3NYSDEC Ray Brook NY 4VTDFW Rutland VT University of Vermont Burlington VT 6USGS Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Vermont Burlington VT 7NYSDEC Warrensburg NY p. 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary . 4 Goal Statement . 6 Introduction . 6 Guiding Principles for Lake Champlain . 8 Description of Lake Champlain . 12 Historical and Current Fishery and Fish Community . 14 Fish Community Sub-goals. 16 a. Tributary Fish Community . 17 Brown trout rainbow trout . 17 Atlantic salmon . 17 Lake sturgeon . 18 American eel . 18 Walleye . 18 b. Nearshore Fish Community . 20 Walleye . 20 Yellow perch . 20 Centrarchids . 20 Esocids . 21 c. Offshore Fish Community . 22 Atlantic salmon . 22 Lake trout . 22 Brown trout steelhead . 23 Lake .
