An end to fish favoritism?

For years, there have been winners and losers in the Minnesota fish family. Popular species such as trout and walleye are closely monitored, bred in state-funded hatcheries, and protected with strict regulations on seasons and catch limits. Other fish, including redhorse, bigmouth and smallmouth buffalo, sheepshead, bowfin, gar, goldeye, and bullheads, have been classified as “rough fish” with little to no conservation measures in place to protect them from extirpation or extinction. Tyler Winter, director of the nonprofit Native Fish for Tomorrow, hopes that Minnesota’s fish favoritism may finally be coming to an end.

https://eastmetrowater.org/2023/03/02/an-end-to-fish-favoritism/?fbclid=IwAR1N4ovOJwCLgTfoiZSP1evRw22lA8GPEHdqBLBCkIkLVJuRx2BtzRgSxuQ