Province of Manitoba » Water Stewardship » Water Quality : Rivers, Lakes and Wells » Lake Winnipeg » Fisheries

Of all the Canadian provinces, Manitoba has the highest commercial production of freshwater fish with 49 % of the total value and 39 % of the total weight (2002). As home to Manitoba's largest commercial fishery, Lake Winnipeg contributes substantially to freshwater fish production and employment. In 2001 - 2002, about 42 % of the total weight and 62 % of the total value of fish production in Manitoba came from Lake Winnipeg. During the same period, over one thousand licensed fishers and their helpers were employed in the commercial fishery on Lake Winnipeg. The total value of commercial fish production on Lake Winnipeg in 2001 - 2002 was over 20 million dollars.

Change in fish production (by weight) in Lake Winnipeg between 1981 and 2003.