The Importance of Commercial and Recreational Fishing in the Great Lakes

Eat Your Heartland Out

On this episode of Eat Your Heartland Out, in collaboration with Great Lakes Now from Detroit Public Media, we get an overview of the ins and outs of fishing the Great Lakes with a spotlight on Lake Superior. Daniel Grooms, business manager of the Red Cliff Fish Company, shares how Red Cliff is implementing a traditional indigenous approach to sustainable commercial fishing in Lake Superior. Sharon Moen, the Food-Fish Outreach Coordinator at ​Wisconsin Sea Grant, gives us some background on both recreational and commercial fishing on Lake Superior. And, Dennis VanLandschoot, President of Van Landschoot & Sons Fish, tells us how a multi-generational commercial fishing business catches the freshest and tastiest white fish Lake Superior has to offer.

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