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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Ahab" data-source="post: 91248" data-attributes="member: 366">This was a very well put together presentation.&nbsp; The guy did a great job.Summary:* The lake has an obsolete commercial fishery management system.(multi-specie quota system which means the weight quota can be filled with one specie or multiple.&nbsp; i.e. they can take all walleye or a combination of walleye, whitefish, sauger, drum, etc).&nbsp; The walleye are worth more so most of the quota is used with walleye at this point.&nbsp; * The amount of walleye taken via commercial fishing makes up 75-88% of the annual harvest(the remainder is the angler harvest).&nbsp; This harvest is also unsustainable or the system will eventually crash.* The angling economy generates 3 to 4 times the amount of revenue as the commercial fisherman, but uses significantly less resource.* There needs to be agreement between the 1. Commercial fishermen 2. Indigenous people(indians to the laymen) 3.&nbsp; Angling community to change the course.&nbsp; This sounds very difficult to do at this point because the commercial guys are going to fight to keep pulling the same fish quotas. If you want more, I suggest you watch the video.&nbsp; It filled out my lunch break nicely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Ahab, post: 91248, member: 366"] This was a very well put together presentation. The guy did a great job. Summary: * The lake has an obsolete commercial fishery management system.(multi-specie quota system which means the weight quota can be filled with one specie or multiple. i.e. they can take all walleye or a combination of walleye, whitefish, sauger, drum, etc). The walleye are worth more so most of the quota is used with walleye at this point. * The amount of walleye taken via commercial fishing makes up 75-88% of the annual harvest(the remainder is the angler harvest). This harvest is also unsustainable or the system will eventually crash. * The angling economy generates 3 to 4 times the amount of revenue as the commercial fisherman, but uses significantly less resource. * There needs to be agreement between the 1. Commercial fishermen 2. Indigenous people(indians to the laymen) 3. Angling community to change the course. This sounds very difficult to do at this point because the commercial guys are going to fight to keep pulling the same fish quotas. If you want more, I suggest you watch the video. It filled out my lunch break nicely. [/QUOTE]

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