More Fisheries Agree to Utilize 100% of Netted Fish

Great Lakes commercial fishing businesses are following the example set by Door County. Photo by Brett Kosmider, file.

Joining Door and Kewaunee County businesses including Baileys Harbor Fish Company, Henriksen Fisheries and Dan’s Fish, Halvorson Fisheries of Cornucopia, Wisconsin this month signed on to the “100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge,” publicly committing to aspire to use 100% of each commercially caught Great Lakes fish productively by 2025. 

Rather than just keeping filets, the 100% Great Lakes Fish initiative seeks new and innovative ways to use whole fish to reduce waste, create more value and jobs, and support rural economic development.  

Companies taking the pledge also are tasked with helping communicate to other companies in the fish supply chain about opportunities for innovative applications for fish byproducts, including fertilizer, protein, marine collagen, leather or other new, high-value products.

Learn more at gsgp.org/projects/100-great-lakes-fish/