Proposed modifications to walleye laws in Lake of the Woods would cut back catch and possession limits and alter day by day catch and retain sizes with a purpose to reduce annual angler harvest and fishing strain on the lake’s walleye inhabitants.
The modifications, detailed on the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO), are open to public remark till Jan. 9, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
According to the posting, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) monitoring knowledge signifies that the lake’s walleye inhabitants is weak to continued high-levels of harvest to the purpose the place the present harvest, together with different components, poses a danger to the standard of this necessary walleye fishery.
To tackle this concern, the MNRF shaped the Lake of the Woods Fisheries Advisory Council in 2021, with representatives from a number of native Indigenous communities, tourism operators, municipal authorities, and leisure customers. The council developed the Lake of the Woods Draft Recreational Walleye Plan, which goals to enhance obtainable biomass and age construction of the walleye inhabitants. It is hoped this can enhance angling high quality with out negatively impacting the native tourism economic system.
To learn the plan and proposed regulatory modifications intimately, click on right here