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Big Profits Got Away, Say Lake Fishers
WAUKEGAN IL Large Great Lakes commercial fishermen blame sea lampreys and industrial pollution for vanishing lake trout. Test nets off Waukegan yielded six fish. in Leland one trout. in 1945 Waukegan caught 1,195,000 pounds, last year 20,000. Fishermen switch to chubs as prices plummet. lamprey blamed for declines amid pollution and coal ash. About 15,000 to 20,000 men lose livelihoods as Waukegan’s fishing port becomes a ghost town.
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Jack Harr
NER
Waukegan, Ill
NEA
Great Lakes
Lake Waers
Waukegan
Leland
Mich
Atlantic Ocean
Midwest
Lake Shore