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Large mesh
fishery traditionally biggest part of commercial fishery
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relatively the
same amount of gear over the past 20 years in total
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decreasing
slightly in Canadian waters and increasing slightly in US waters.
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Targets
primarily lake whitefish (averages about 95% of all large mesh effort, except
in southern lake Huron where walleye may make up up to 25%.
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Other targeted
species in large mesh fishery include chinook salmon in northern Lake Huron
and Lake Trout.
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