Purvis Fisheries has signed Great Lakes pledge to use 100% of fish by 2025
A Manitoulin Island fishery’s commitment to make better use of its catch will create more value for the company while also improving its impact on the environment.
“The success of this initiative is dependent on participation by participants in the fishing industry. Commitments from those who gather and process the fish caught in our lakes are essential to making the 100% Great Lakes Fish vision a reality.” Denise Purvis Sheppard, who runs Purvis Fisheries alongside her brother, Drew, said she was happy to sign on.
Those efforts have produced a number of new products including everything from fish “leather” to nutritional supplements to dried fish jerky. Numbers of whitefish, the fishery’s most popular product, have drastically reduced, while the lake trout population has exploded, Purvis Sheppard said. “We may eventually fish the second one, but we couldn’t even fish this spring, because we had no sale for the trout, and that’s all we can catch now in the main basin of Lake Huron.With 2025 less than a year away, Purvis Sheppard said the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers will lead efforts to find new end users for the fish waste.
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