Imagine a fishery where, in one year, 6 million pounds of fish were hauled in—only to plummet to a mere 400 pounds just four years later. What caused this?
According to a recent study, recreational fishing in the Great Lakes is worth $5.1 billion. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission hired Southwick Associates to calculate the economic output. The area ...
The Great Lakes have been brutally compromised over the years, by overfishing and industrial pollution for example, and more recently by the outbreak of toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. Perhaps the ...