The RV Kiyi shown here docked in Houghton. Michigan Tech research professors and graduate students have participated in great lakes research on this vessel.

Here is one example of a web site about great lakes research: Great Lakes Research Conference Web site - 2002

The R/V Kiyi is the research vessel of the U.S. Geological Survey Great Lakes Science Center.

It is their largest research vessel at 107 feet long and it is based on the largest Great Lake, Lake Superior. It is also the Center’s newest research vessel, commissioned in April, 2000.

It conducts fish stock assessment, fisheries research and habitat monitoring in cooperation with state, federal, tribal and university partners through the Lake Superior Technical Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The Kiyi uses trawls and gillnets to annually sample preyfish populations and to track progress in the sustainability of the lake trout population. The Kiyi is also used to collect fish and environmental samples for a wide spectrum of studies, including the Great Lakes Contaminant Monitoring Program in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

More photos of Lake Superior Research Vessels:

R/V Laurentian (Biological Sciences Fish Ecology)

R/V Lake Guardian and R/V Agassiz (Summer Institutes)