A new study by UW–Madison Center for Limnology graduate student Holly Embke shows that the state’s walleye fishery is being overharvested at a rate ten times higher than fishery managers anticipated. By Adam Hinterthuer, University of Wisconsin Alex Bentz, field technician at the the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources holds a walleye. A new study by UW–Madison Center for Limnology graduate student Holly Embke shows that the state’s walleye fishery is being overharvested at a rate ten times higher than…
U. of Wisconsin Study Says Hidden Over-harvest Causing Walleye Declines