Traditionally, just about 40% of fish caught in the Great Lakes is used, and the majority is discarded as waste. The Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Governors & Premiers is looking to change that with a simple mission: To ensure that every part of fish is put to use with the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge.
“Our goal is to make the Great Lakes the first 100% fishery in the world,” said John Schmidt, program manager of the 100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative. “We want all of the fish generated in the region, one of our great natural resources, to be used to its maximum potential.”
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“We’re a conservation agency, right, and we, you know, we want to do our part, and if our part is making sure that every stitch of the fish carcasses that come to this fish cleaning station can be used, then it’s just, I mean, frankly it’s morally the right thing for us to do,” said Tim Schaffer, executive director of the PA Fish and Boat Commission.
Operated by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Walnut Creek Marina Sportfish Cleaning Station is the 45th to sign the pledge and the first sportfish cleaning station in the region to join the initiative…