Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota River Fish Telemetry (MNDNRMNR)

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been monitoring movement patterns and habitat use of numerous fish species in the Minnesota River by maintaining an array of acoustic receivers throughout the free flowing 240-mile reach of river downstream of Granite Falls Dam and some of the major tributaries since 2016. Fish species implanted with acoustic transmitters in the Minnesota River include but are not limited to Bigmouth Buffalo, Blue Sucker, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Freshwater Drum, Paddlefish, Sauger, Shorthead Redhorse, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Smallmouth Buffalo, and Walleye.

Points of Contact

• Tony Sindt

  Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

  Principal Investigator