- Date
- circa 1974-02
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Saint James Harbor
- Participants
- Paul Kenwabikisssee (participant) · Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner (supervisor)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fishingconservationcommunity
- Within
- Saint James Harbor
Summary
During the preceding month, Paul Kenwabikisse and an unnamed crew conducted a week of D.N.R.-approved test netting through Beaver Island harbor ice under Bill Wagner’s supervision. The reported catch included Menominees, whitefish, small pike, and suckers, but no perch.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper offers a localized observation about winter fish distribution, not a complete survey, harvest record, or explanation of where summer perch spent the winter.
See also
Sources
- Reports a week of test netting through the harbor ice by Paul Kenwabikisse and crew, approved by the D.N.R. and supervised by Officer Bill Wagner. The catch was a few Menominees, whitefish, small pike, and suckers, with no perch; it does not provide net locations, gear records, a complete crew list, or a population estimate.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1974-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island harbor under-ice test netting, 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harbor-ice-netting-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1974, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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