Like many Great Lakes harbor towns, the days of busy fishing villages
on the waters of Lake Superior are gone. Now these towns are mere
shadows of their heyday, and only a handful of commercial fishing boats
still cast their nets. Pressures from sport anglers and exotic species
have dramatically changed the industry over the past four decades. The
Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson examines how these towns
are trying to rediscover that history:
Tag: sociology
Boomers Spend Less Time on Water
A new study has found that baby-boomers are spending less time on the
water. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Mike Simonson reports: