The Slice
Red Lake Walleye
10/16/2024 | 1m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
On this episode of the Slice we get an inside look at the Red Lake's Fisheries Program.
On this episode of the Slice we get an inside look at the Red Lake's Fisheries Program and Processing plant.
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The Slice
Red Lake Walleye
10/16/2024 | 1m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
On this episode of the Slice we get an inside look at the Red Lake's Fisheries Program and Processing plant.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe relics themselves was about 285,000 acres of water out there.
I, currently manager of the tribe, has ownership over the, all lower Red Lake in two thirds of upper Red Lake.
So it's about 227,000 acres.
Of that, the remaining 48,000 acres is where the state of Minnesota still has jurisdiction over that.
And that's what they manage.
We're at the Red Lake Nation fishery.
It's a processing and receiving center for walleye located in Red bee, Minnesota.
One of the things that we would like people to know is that we are rated green for sustainability, which means the amount of fish that we take out of the lake does not affect the numbers.
It's, self-sustaining in.
The commercial fishery.
We are the oldest and largest and actually the only, commercial walleye fish in the United States today.
Management wise, the way we do it is we basically work together to come up with a quota.
It's been an outstanding partnership between us and the state of Minnesota, especially with the fisheries.
We started back in 1997 to try to restore the walleye population when it collapsed, and we've been working together ever since.
I think we're under our fourth or fifth, memorandum of understanding.
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