THE LAKE MICHIGAN FISHERIES: Our Amazing History and Troubled Future

10TH ANNUAL

CLEAN RIVERS, CLEAN LAKE CONFERENCE PRESENTS

Film: “Harvesting the Inland Seas: Great Lakes Commercial Fishing” From the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI

Short film featuring the testimonials of former commercial fishermen on Lake Michigan

A Life on Lake Michigan – The Perspective of Three Families Jim Kupferschmidt: Descendant of a former Jones Island fishing village family in Milwaukee

Leslie Schwarz Winter: Owner of Schwarz’s Fish Company, a 100-year old fish business in SheboyganChris Svoboda: Owner of Pier Milwaukee and a descendant of three generations of Lake Michigan fishermen

The Current Fishery in Lake Michigan – Current Challenges and Future Hopes Brad Eggold: Wisconsin DNR Lake Michigan Fisheries Supervisor

This event is part of Sweet Water’s Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference.

Harley-Davidson Museum® | 400 West Canal Street | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | In the Menomonee River Valley

THURSDAY | MAY 1, 2014 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | FREE