It has been another successful spring stocking season for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Natural Resources Division Fisheries Program, which added more than 1 million fish into waters across the Upper Great Lakes region.
According to the tribe, fisheries staff collected 901,995 walleye fingerlings from the Barbeau Hatchery and transported them to stocking locations throughout the Upper Peninsula and Northern Lower Michigan. They also collected between 278,819 lake whitefish from rearing hatcheries and ponds at Barbeau and Odenaang.
“This work represents months of planning, research and long hours by our Fisheries program,” said Sault Tribe Chairman Austin Lowes in a statement. “Every fish stocked is a part of the Sault Tribe’s long-term commitment to supporting healthy fisheries and protecting culturally important specifies while making sure resources remain available for future generations.”
This article originally appeared on The Sault News: Sault Tribe Fisheries stock more than 1M fish across Upper Great Lakes
Reporting by Jillian Fellows, Sault Ste. Marie News / The Sault News
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