"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:


But thanks to the excessive catches by commercial fisherman on Lake Erie
walleye and yellow perch may also soon face the same fate, this time not
to
pollution, although we are seeing new water quality problems on the Lake
that we did not see in past decades.


Excessive catches by commercial fishermen are hurting sportfishing almost
everywhere along the US east, west, and gulf coasts, but I had no idea it
was a problem in the inland lakes, too.

A big part of the problem for us: the foreign fishing fleets with their
gargantuan ships that literally suck all the fish out of certain sections
of the ocean. Overfishing is a real problem, and I have no idea what the
answers might be.

Commercial fishing in the US waters of Lake Erie results in the catch of 9.5
million pounds of yellow perch annually. Commercial fishing for walleye in
US waters is banned. There were a series of indictments against commercial
fishing companies for their under reporting catches of yellow perch from
2001 to 2003 by over 100 million pounds.

Canada takes out 3.4 million pounds of yellow perch and 7 million pounds of
walleye annually from Lake Erie.

Commercial fishing in Lake Erie was the result of the blue pike becoming
extinct.