The first commercial fishing licenses were issued in 1910.
In 1999/2000 the commercial (gill net) fishing industry produced 2.2 million kilograms of fish valued at $3.2 million to local economies. More than 85% of this harvest consisted of lake whitefish and cisco. 85% of 2.2 million is 1.7 million kilos of whitefish and cisco.
(this stat makes me think that commercial fishing never did harm the fish populations. By stopping the commercial fishery anglers had better start fishing for more for whitefish.)
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Last edited by Red Bullets; 08-19-2016 at 10:57 PM.
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