SAULT STE. MARIE, MI— The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has released the results of this year’s walleye and whitefish stocking efforts.
The tribe incubates eggs and raises fish in ponds, then releases them in the eastern U.P. and northern Lower Peninsula.
This year, staff biologists transported and released an estimated 437,696 walleye fingerlings and 109,847 whitefish in the waters of the 1836 Ceded Territory.
The Sault Tribe’s Walleye hatchery has been in operation for nearly 30 years, with more than 20.5 million walleye stocked since the program began in 1995. That expertise has been applied to Whitefish, and the tribe is among the only organizations in North America to successfully raise and stock whitefish using that method.
