Canada's Lake Erie Commercial Fishery Needs Some Recognition
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Windsor Star] By Sharon Hill - March 26, 2015 -
Lake Erie's commercial fishing and processing industry has an economic impact of more than $244 million and includes the world's largest freshwater commercial fishing industry in Wheatley.
Yet few realize that, industry leaders say.
"Most people in Windsor don't even know there's a fishing industry here in Lake Erie," Tony Giacalone, president of fish processor La Nassa Foods in Kingsville, said Wednesday. "There is a lot of politicians that don't even know we exist.
The overall Lake Erie quota for walleye/pickerel will be 4.114 million fish, down slightly from 4.027 million fish in 2014. That's for both Ontario's commercial fishing industry and sport anglers on both sides of the border.
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