fishing+boom+and+bust

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 * Why the boom?
 * It was a great source of food for the European settlers and they could sell fish to make money.
 * The native Americans built their villages near the shore so they had easy access to water and fish.
 * Describe the boom. (Also think about the following: What did it look like? Use pictures and video where appropriate so people get a sense of how the landscape of Michigan may have been altered by this particular "cycle.")
 * The best times for commercial fishing in Michigan was from 1820s to the 1950s
 * Where?
 * mostly on the Michigan shorelines and along rivers.
 * Saginaw bay
 * Who?
 * mostly Europeans settlers and some Native Americans
 * How?
 * They started with spear and ice fishing in the north but advances in fishing gave them more and more fish.
 * Used net that were often banned for killing all fish in the rivers
 * Why the bust?
 * Overfishing, pollution, shoreline and habitat destruction were main reasons for the bust in the fishing industries boom.
 * invasive species threaten the industries.
 * Where?
 * All through out the great lakes
 * Who?
 * Large fishing companies that over fish the lakes and rivers.
 * How?
 * Overfishing and pollution
 * What is left?
 * many large fishing companies.
 * What could have been done differently?
 * limiting fishing in certain areas and being more careful not to pollute our lakes.
 * What lessons can we learn from this history and what particular industries can we apply this to today? (This part doesn't have to be absolutely Michigan specific)
 * We have learned about overfishing and have already limited the amount that people can catch

--My information was roughly the same. Fishing was a native way of life, and when europeans came they picked up on it. I did find a bit more in depth paragraph on the rise of fishing. The catches kept increasing by about 20% per year until they finally leveled off in 1880s and stayed around there until the 1950s which is when the trend went downhill. Today only small pockets remain available to fish due to the ban on the sale of fish contaminated by pollutants/toxins. Sports fishing however remains a strong part of the great lakes industries. (Watson) [|Info]

I also did the boom and bust of the fishing industry and this was a good website that I used for information. I learned that people have been fishing for hundreds of years. Many Indian tribes in Michigan were fishers and so were many Europeans. They started taking advantage of this abundant resource which eventually led to the decline of certain species of fish. (Lindsey Lloyd) [|Fishing History]

-- "Fishing Boom and Bust" was my second choice after the real estate collapse. I understand a lot about how the ecosystems of the great lakes so some of this information I already was familiar with. I think that this page did a very complete job of explaining how the boom and bust occurred, and did it in a very efficient and clear manner. The reason for this "bust" is clear; mismanagement of limited and delicate recourse. (Ethan A. Cramer) [|Fishing History]