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Located in Harrison Township, the Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station conducts research and stock assessments on fish populations in Lake Erie, the St. Clair/Detroit River system and Saginaw Bay.
Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station
33135 South River Road
Harrison Twp., Michigan 48045
For customer service, please contact the Detroit Customer Service Center at 313-396-6890.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Todd Wills, Area Research Manager |
willst@michigan.gov |
| Jan-Michael Hessenauer, Fisheries Research Biologist |
hessenauerj1@michigan.gov |
| Andrew Briggs, Fisheries Research Biologist |
briggsa4@michigan.gov |
| Brad Utrup, Fisheries Research Technician |
utrupb@michigan.gov |
| Roy Beasley, Boat Captain |
beasleyr@michigan.gov |
| Jeremy Maranowski, Assistant Boat Captain |
maranowskij@michigan.gov |
| Jason Pauken, Fisheries Research Technician |
paukenjJ@michigan.gov |
The Research Vessel Channel Cat is a steel-hulled fish tug designed for a trap net fishery operation, similar to the Lake Erie trap net tugs. It was built for the DNR in 1968 by the Maybee Boat Company of Point Place, Ohio. Since that time, the Channel Cat has served as a work platform for Great Lakes fisheries research. The Channel Cat's home port is the DNR's Lake St. Clair Fisheries Research Station located at the mouth of the Clinton River on Lake St. Clair.
As originally constructed, the Channel Cat was 36 feet long. In 1975, the vessel was lengthened 10 feet at the midsection. The current vessel length is 46 feet with a 13-ft beam and a gross weight of 24 tons. It was originally powered by twin 216 hp 6V 53 Detroit Diesel engines. In 2016, the Channel Cat was repowered with twin Cummins 301 hp QSB6.7 engines. The Channel Cat has a cruising speed of 15 knots. Twin fuel tanks carry a total of 380 gallons of diesel fuel. The vessel is equipped with hydraulics for operating a trawl winch. Instrumentation includes GPS, navigation, radar, sonar, autopilot, EPIRB and marine band radio. In addition to new engines and transmissions, recent upgrades to the vessel have included work deck side enclosures and air conditioning which was completed in 2016.
The R/V Channel Cat conducts fish sampling on the waters of Lake Erie, the St. Clair/Detroit River system and Saginaw Bay. The vessel's operational season typically runs from late March through early November. Fish sampling gear deployed from the vessel include gill nets, trap nets, trawls, and setlines.
