Provincial biologists are concerned about the walleye population in Lake Winnipeg, but some other groups in the province have a different view on the situation.
A report recently commissioned by Pioneer Commercial Fishers of Manitoba and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) found the walleye population in Lake Winnipeg is actually very well established.
Now the AMC and commercial fishers are calling for an independent review of the Lake’s fish population to help explain the discrepancy between their report, and the information being released by the province.
Commercial fishers are reportedly no longer working with the province on species management, and are hiring their own experts to counter what they view as dubious data from the Manitoba government.
