GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) hosted on Monday its eighth of nine meetings to update anglers about various fish species in Wisconsin.
This meeting highlighted the history of various fish species and the work that has been and will continue to be done to keep a healthy population of these fish in the Green Bay system. The DNR’s senior fisheries biologist, Jason Breeggemann, was the presenter.
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Breeggeman mentioned that in the late 1800s and early 1900s, there was an abundant walleye population, but over the years the habitat has been degraded and the population has therefore declined.
After many regulations and environmental restorations were issued, the Wisconsin DNR began stocking the Green Bay system with walleye in the mid 1970s…