GBA Update - Summer 2020

17 ≥ www.georgianbay.ca GBA UPDATE Summer 2020 GBA THANKS JUNCTION59 for their services supporting our eUpdate, website and our social media channels Marc Cooper 416.481.4861 junction59.com This publication designed and layout by 7 0 5 . 6 3 6 . 7 3 1 9 • www. j c l d e s i g n . c a Helping you to achieve your vision Subscribe to GBA eUPDATE email news updates by clicking the link at www.georgianbay.ca GBA UPDATE is printed by Warren’s Waterless Printing, Canada’s leading environmental printer, using high-quality waterless print technology on Enviro 100% recycled paper. The waterless printing process eliminates the use of fresh water and greatly reduces the use of harmful chemical compounds. Distributed under Canada Publication Mail Sales Agreement # 40038178 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: GBA c/o SHANNON FARQUHARSON, Communications & Executive Services Coordinator 138Hopedale Avenue, Toronto ON M4K 3M7 (416) 937-4990 • sfarquharson@georgianbay.ca Patrons of GBA: The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D. John Ralston Saul, C.C. The Georgian Bay Association is an advocacy umbrella group representing 19 community associations and their members – approximately 3,000 families comprising over 18,000 residents. GBA UPDATE is published by the Georgian Bay Association 2020 Publication Schedule Issue Distribution Date Spring February Summer May Fall October GBA Mission Statement: To work with our water-based communities and other stakeholders to ensure the careful stewardship of the greater Georgian Bay environment. GBA UPDATE is mailed to all members of all GBA member associations, friends, other stakeholders and interest groups. Bulk copies can be made available to full member associations to include with their mailings. Material may be reprinted in GBA member association newsletters provided that the source is acknowledged. Letters to the editor are welcome. Please send address corrections and changes to the address below. Your Voice on the Bay President: John Carson , email: johnwcarson@sympatico.ca Executive Director: Rupert Kindersley , email: rkindersley@georgianbay.ca Editor: Rolfe Jones , email: rolfescottjones@gmail.com Deputy Editor: Liz Phillips , email: lizannephillips@gmail.com Advertising: Marc Cooper , email: mcooper@junction59.com Webmaster: Eric Armour , email: e.s.armour@gmail.com GBA website: www.georgianbay.ca Facebook: www.facebook.com/GBayAssociation Continued from page 13 Most of the yellow perch harvest is from the middle and southern portions of Lake Huron. With numbers dropping in the mid 2000s, they have since recovered and the annual average harvest over the last five years was 340,000 pounds. As a popular eating fish, yellow perch had an annual average five-year dockside value of $796,000 ($2.34/lb) and a significant market price of over $7.8 million ($23/lb) The walleye , also known as pickerel, is caught primarily in the lower portion of Lake Huron’s main basin, and is not evident in robust numbers in the North Channel and northern Georgian Bay. The annual five-year average harvest was nearly 210,000 pounds, with a harvest value at the dock over this five-year time period of $600,000 ($2.84/lb), soaring to over $5 million ($25/lb) once it hits the market. Cisco , northern pike and channel catfish are also included in last year’s harvest, as well as non-targeted species including common carp, freshwater drum, round whitefish, white bass and white perch. We hope this overview of the commercial fishing industry in Georgian Bay provides an interesting context. For a more detailed review of this topic, please see our full report on the GBA website at: https://georgianbay.ca/wp-content/ uploads/2020/03/Commercial-Fishing-in-Northern-Lake-Huron-and- Georgian-Bay.pdf Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Source: Michigan Department of Natural Resporces