Increased Yellow Perch and Walleye Allowable Catches for 2017

[gethookedfishn]

Increased Yellow Perch and Walleye Allowable Catches for 2017

The commission that oversees fishing on Lake Erie is allowing a big increase in the number of walleye and yellow perch that can be caught this year.

The Lake Erie Committee of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission agreed to a 20 percent increase in the total allowable catch for walleye.

The group also increased the total allowable catch for yellow perch by 13 percent

The limits are for both sport anglers in Ohio, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania along with anglers and commercial operations in Canada.

Excellent spring hatches in 2014 and 2015 are behind the increases.

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I first read it at this LINK

http://www.portstanleynews.com/details/headline.aspx?menu=mobile_news_news_increased-yellow-perch-and-walleye-allowable-catches-for- 2017

Here's a Link to Lake Erie Committee Announces Walleye and Yellow Perch Harvest Levels for 2016

http://www.portstanleynews.com/details/headline.aspx?menu=1024_News_News_Lake+Erie+Committee+Announces+Walleye+and+Yellow+Perch+Harvest+Levels+for+2016

Edited March 30, 2017 by gethookedfishn

[Captain Crabbie]

What does that mean for us recreational fisherman? Are daily limit go up? Harvest for commercial fishing gose up 20% . I see no hard numbers for us??

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[Shari Joy]

The limits are for both sport anglers in Ohio, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania along with anglers and commercial operations in Canada.

 

[jimski2]

Eighty per cent of Ontario's commercial catch in Lake Erie is exported to the USA and Europe . Canada likes those Yankee dollars and do not think they will give them up .


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[My Way]

From the chatter I'm hearingdown here in the Western Basin, there will not be an increase for sports/recreational fishermen. Something to do with the State legislature sets the limits.