Open-Water Spearing and Netting in the 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory During the Quota Year

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1 Open-Water Spearing and Netting in the 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory During the Quota Year by Samuel B. Michaels Fisheries Biologist Administrative Report December 2014 Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission Biological Services Division P.O. Box 9 Odanah, WI (715)

2 ABSTRACT The quota-year was the thirteenth year that open-water spear and net fishing was conducted by eight Ojibwa Bands in the 1837 Minnesota ceded territory. A total of 623 band members participated in the fishery. Mille Lacs Lake was the only water body that received spearing or netting effort. A total of 64,679 fish weighing 140,562 pounds were harvested from Mille Lacs Lake. Walleye represented 88% of the total catch (56,835 fish; 124,072 pounds). Other species harvested included 2,200 northern pike (9,949 pounds), 1,527 yellow perch (1,186 pounds), 26 burbot (46 pounds), 2,086 sucker (3,169 pounds), and 1,515 tullibee (1,477 pounds). Most of the harvest occurred during spring, which included 56,809 walleye weighing 123,998 pounds and 2,179 northern pike weighing 9,808 pounds. During spring, more walleye were taken by gill-netting (54,479 fish; 118,648 pounds) than by spearing (2,330 fish; 5,350 pounds). Overall, average length was 18.1 inches for walleye and 25.7 inches for northern pike; average weight was 2.2 and 4.5 pounds, respectively. The tribal harvest of quota and cap regulated fish species was maintained within established limits through an intensive harvest management system that included daily permits, complete monitoring and daily reporting of the catch, and daily adjustments to quotas. i

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE LIST OF TABLES... iii LIST OF FIGURES... iv INTRODUCTION... 1 Regulations... 1 Permit System and Harvest Monitoring... 2 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION... 7 Fishing Effort... 7 Number of Participants... 7 Number of Permits Used... 8 Number of Days Fished... 9 Number of Boat-Hours... 9 Number of Net-Lifts Harvest Catch Per Effort (CPE) Walleye Mean Length and Weight Sex Composition of the Walleye Catch Northern Pike Harvest Yellow Perch Harvest Tullibee Harvest Burbot Harvest ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LITERATURE CITED LIST OF APPENDICES ii

4 LIST OF TABLES TABLE PAGE 1 Number of tribal members from eight Chippewa bands who speared, netted, or speared and netted during the 2010 spring fishery Number of permits used by eight Chippewa bands during spring Number of spearing boat-hours by eight Chippewa bands during the quota year Number of net-lifts by eight Chippewa bands during the quota year Number and pounds of fish harvested in Mille Lacs Lake during and after spring iii

5 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE PAGE 1 Map depicting the 1837 Minnesota ceded territory and eight Chippewa reservations in Wisconsin and Minnesota Lakes declared for harvest in the 1837 Minnesota ceded territory during the quota year Treaty fishing permit used during the tribal quota year Number (a) and pounds (b) of walleye harvested daily in Mille Lacs Lake by spearing and netting during spring Gill-net catch per effort (CPE) in numbers of walleye harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during spring Average number per net-lift = 16.8 fish Gill-net catch per effort (CPE) in pounds of walleye harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during spring Average weight per net lift = 36.6 pounds Length frequency of harvested walleye in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (N= 8,050; average length = 18.1 in) Estimated number of male and female walleye harvested per inch group during spring Estimated number of male and female walleye harvested with 1 ¾ inch (bar mesh) gill nets and by spearing from Mille Lacs Lake during spring Length frequency of measured northern pike in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (N = 1,991, Average length = 25.7) Length frequency of measured yellow perch harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (N = 363, Average length = 11.1 in) Length frequency of measured tullibee harvested from Mille lacs Lake during the quota year (N = 107; Average length = 13.7) iv

6 INTRODUCTION A U.S. Supreme Court decision issued on March 24, 1999 reaffirmed the rights of eight Chippewa bands to hunt, fish, and gather off-reservation in the Minnesota area reserved by a treaty with the United States government signed in 1837 (Figure 1). This report presents data for harvest and effort by Chippewa spearers and gill-netters in 1837 Minnesota ceded territory waters (Figure 2) during the quota year which ran from April 1, 2010 through March 31, Mille Lacs Lake was the only water body with harvest and effort. Most of the harvest and effort in Mille Lacs Lake occurred during a 22 day period in the spring of 2010 (April 1-April 22) (Appendices A and B). Additional harvest occurred in Mille Lacs Lake on 10 days during the fall (October 29 - November 12), and three days during March Eight Chippewa bands actively participated in the fishery including two Minnesota bands (Mille Lacs and Fond du Lac) and six Wisconsin bands (Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Mole Lake, Red Cliff, and St. Croix) (Figure 1). During the previous year, a fishery by eight Chippewa bands occurred in which 119,571 pounds of fish including 101,368 pounds of walleye were taken (Michaels 2014). REGULATIONS Harvest was strictly regulated and completely monitored under provisions of the A1837 Treaty Conservation Code for the Minnesota Ceded Territory@ as adopted on January 27, This tribal code contains regulations that govern the use of spears and nets to harvest fish. The code was jointly developed with the State of Minnesota, approved by the federal court, and individually adopted by the Chippewa bands. The exercise of treaty fishing rights in the 1837 Minnesota ceded territory was also subject to provisions of the ATreaty Fisheries Management Plan for the 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory for the Years @ This harvest management plan established tribal walleye quotas for Mille Lacs Lake for a five year period, beginning with the quota year. The tribal walleye quota started at 122,500 pounds for the quota year under this plan, and would remain the same in subsequent fishing years unless any Band harvested 90% or more of its walleye quota in any year; consequently, a Band s quota, as well as the total Band quota, would increase by 2,000 pounds in the following year until 2 the total Band quota reached 142,500 pounds or 50% of the Agreed Harvest Target Level, whichever was less. In addition to the Treaty Conservation Code and Treaty Fisheries Management Plan, a set of protocols were approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Chippewa bands. These protocols identified methods to calculate threshold and harvestable surplus levels for ceded territory waters, established procedures for information exchange, and provided an operational framework for the 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory Fisheries Committee. 2 The Agreed Target Harvest Level for a species is the total (treaty and non-treaty) target harvest determined by the Bands and State s technical representatives on the basis of the methodology agreed to by the Bands and the State, provided the State actively manages non-treaty fisheries to stay within that level minus the treaty harvests provided. 1

7 PERMIT SYSTEM AND HARVEST MONITORING A comprehensive harvest management system based upon daily permits, monitoring of the entire catch, daily reporting, and daily updates of quotas for quota or cap regulated species was used as follows. Each night that a band intended to spear or net, a tribal representative contacted the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) office in Odanah, Wisconsin around noon to notify staff of the selected lakes, boat landings, and walleye bag limits for spearing. Quotas for walleye and northern pike were updated and the number of issuable permits (Figure 3) was determined. The number of issuable spearing permits was determined by dividing the remaining tribal walleye quota for spearing in a lake by the nightly bag limit selected for that lake. The number of issuable netting permits was determined by dividing the remaining tribal walleye quota for netting by an assigned catch rate value. An assigned catch rate value of 40 pounds of walleye per net was used from April 1 to April 7. The catch rate value ranged from 35 to 45 pounds of walleye per net from April 8 to April 15, decreased to 30 pounds on April 16, decreased to 20 pounds on April 17, decreased to 10 pounds on April 19, and finally increased to 15 pounds on April 21 where it remained for the rest of the quota year. Tribal members could pick up a permit at a registration station or a boat landing. One or more creel clerk-warden teams were assigned to each designated boat landing on Mille Lacs Lake where permits had been scheduled to be issued. All off-reservation spearing and netting was monitored by creel teams under the supervision of GLIFWC staff or by Fond du Lac Band wardens and biologists. All on-reservation spearing and netting in Mille Lacs Lake was monitored by creel teams under the supervision of Mille Lacs Band wardens. Prior to the season, written instructions, equipment, data forms, and training were provided to creel clerks and others involved with harvest monitoring and reporting. Spear monitoring teams typically arrived at the designated boat landing before dusk and stayed until spearing ended. For spearing, a monitoring team completed a catch report form (Appendix C) upon the return of a boating party. At each landing, length and sex information were collected from the first 100 walleye plus all walleye in the last boat. Also, the number and aggregate weight by species were recorded plus length and sex information for species other than walleye. Besides harvest information, the time spearing started and ended, permit numbers, and the name and tribal identification number of each spearer were recorded (Appendix C). When available, tribal members could be issued one or more additional spearing permits. Gill net monitoring teams arrived at the designated boat landing or monitoring location prior to scheduled net lift times. Most nets were set in the evening, fished overnight, and lifted the following morning. Lift times and locations were scheduled in advance and written on each issued permit. Nets could be checked, fish removed, and reset at night prior to the designated lift time only if monitoring personnel were notified and present at the landing. When length and sex information were being collected from a sub-sample of netted walleye a catch report form was completed. However, after the sub-sample requirement was met, harvest information was recorded on the back of the permit. This information included number and aggregate weight by species plus length and sex information for species other than walleye. For walleye, a sample of spines or otoliths were collected for aging. 2

8 The system as modified to manage harvest during the quota year, was again used for the quota year. An on-line Google.docs spreadsheet was used to enter, proof, and track harvest and effort data. The number and pounds of walleye and northern pike as well as other data were entered for each permit. As data for each permit were entered, the Google.docs application updated the number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested per tribe as well as the balance for each tribe s walleye quota and northern pike cap. This real time on-line system was shared with select tribal representatives and GLIFWC staff. During spring 2010, harvest data for walleye and northern pike by Band were transmitted daily to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MnDNR) representatives as close to noon as possible. For nets not recovered by around noon each day, the number of nets unrecovered or outstanding was multiplied by the assigned catch rate for that day and the total subtracted from a Band s quota until the actual data were reported and could be used. 3

9 Figure 1. Map depicting the 1837 ceded territory and eight Chippewa reservations in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Fond du Lac Red Cliff Bad River Mille Lacs 1837 Ceded Territory Lac du Flambeau St. Croix Lac Courte Oreilles Mole Lake Reservation boundaries* Minnesota 1837 Ceded Territory * Minnesota and Wisconsin Boundary 1837 Ceded Territory Boundaries Miles N *The ceded territory and reservation boundaries are representations and may not be the actual legally binding boundaries. 4

10 Figure 2. Lakes declared for harvest in the 1837 Minneota ceded territory during the quota year. Aitkin County Fond du Lac Reservation Carlton County Crow Wing County Borden L South Long L Camp L Whitefish L Platte L Morrison County Ogechie L Mille Lacs L Shakopee L Mille Lacs Reservation South Big Pine L Knife L Eleven L North Big Pine L Upper Pine L Grindstone L Pine County Razor L Rock L Ann L Kanabec County Mille Lacs County Pokegama L Benton County West Rush L North Stanchfield L East Rush L South Stanchfield L Isanti County Goose L Green L Chisago County Sherburne County Chisago L Green L Anoka County Declared lakes with spearing or netting effort (N=1) Declared lakes with no effort or harvest (N=28) N. Stanchfield L. S. Stanchfield L. ± Miles Reservation boundaries* 1837 Ceded Territory* *The ceded territory and reservation boundaries are representations and may not be the actual legally binding boundaries. 5

11 Front Start Time: (am or pm) Net Length: End Time: (am or pm) Mesh: Species Count Weight (lbs) Species Length (in.) Sex Walleye.. Northern Pike.. Yellow Perch Back Figure 3. Treaty fishing permit used during the tribal quota year. 6

12 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION FISHING EFFORT NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS A total of 623 tribal members speared, netted, or speared and netted on Mille Lacs Lake during the 2010 spring fishery in Minnesota (Table 1; Appendix D). Of these, 30% were Mille Lacs members, 24% were Fond du Lac members, and 46% were from the six Wisconsin bands combined. Compared to 2009, the total number of participants increased by 61 persons or 11%. Mille Lacs Band had 13 members who netted during fall 2010 and 3 members who netted during early spring Table 1. Number of tribal members from eight Chippewa bands who speared, netted, or speared and netted in Mille Lacs Lake during the 2010 spring fishery. Gear Mille Lacs Fond du Lac Bad River Lac Courte Oreilles Lac du Flambeau Mole Lake Red Cliff St. Croix Total Spearing only Netting Only Spearing and Netting Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total Spring total

13 NUMBER OF PERMITS USED A total of 3,223 permits were used on Mille Lacs Lake during spring 2010, a 14% increase from the 2009 spring season (Table 2, Appendices B and D). More netting permits (2,898) were used than spearing permits (325). Of the total permits, 20% were used by Mille Lacs members, 12% by Fond du Lac members, and 68% by the six Wisconsin bands combined. After the 2010 spring season, the Mille Lacs band issued 28 permits for fall gill-netting and five (5) permits for gill-netting in March Table 2. Number of permits used by eight Chippewa bands on Mille Lacs Lake during spring Gear Mille Lacs Fond du Lac * Bad River Lac Courte Oreilles Lac du Flambeau Mole Lake Red Cliff St. Croix Total Gill net ,898 Spear total ,223 Percent of 2010 Total: 20% 12% 12% 12% 14% 9% 8% 12% 2009 total , total , total , total , total , total , total , total , total , total , total total *The Fond du Lac tribe authorized its members to set more than one net under a single permit which accounts for the permit count being 346 less than the net lift count. 8

14 NUMBER OF DAYS FISHED Spearing or netting effort occurred on 35 dates during the quota year (Appendix A). During a 22 day period in spring 2010 (April 1 to April 22), spearing occurred in Mille Lacs Lake on 11 dates while netting occurred on 22 days. During the remainder of the quota year, netting occurred in Mille Lacs Lake on 10 dates during fall (October 29 to November 12) and on three (3) dates during early spring 2011 (March 17 to March 31). NUMBER OF BOAT-HOURS A total of boat-hours of spearing effort occurred at Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (Table 3); all occurred during spring 2010 (Appendix A). Lac du Flambeau spearers accounted for 40% of total boat-hour effort while Fond du Lac and the remaining bands accounted for 26% and 34%, respectively. Table 3. Number of spearing boat-hours by eight Chippewa bands during the quota year. Year Mille Lacs Fond du Lac Bad River Lac Courte Oreilles Lac du Flambeau Mole Lake Red Cliff St. Croix Total Percent of 2010 total 15.6% 26.0% 3.1% 0.0% 40.1% 11.6% 2.7% 0.9% 100%

15 NUMBER OF NET LIFTS A total of 3,277 net-lifts occurred in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year, of which 3,244 occurred in spring 2010 (Table 4, Appendix E). All net sets that had mesh size recorded were 1.75 inch bar mesh. A total of 33 net-lifts occurred in Mille Lacs Lake by Mille Lacs band members after spring Table 4. Number of net-lifts by eight Chippewa bands during the quota year. Gill-net Season mesh (bar) (Inches) Mille Lacs Fond du Lac** Bad River Lac Courte Oreilles Lac du Flambeau Mole Lake Red Cliff St. Croix Total Spring ,800 Spring 2010 not noted ,444 Spring sub-total: ,244 Fall Early spring 2011 not noted After Spring sub-total: Total: , Total: , Total: , Total: 1, , Total: , Total: , Total: , Total: , Total: , Total: Total: Total: Total: ** The Fond du Lac tribe authorized its members to set more than one net under a single permit which accounts for the permit count (227) (Appendix D) being 346 less than the net-lift count (573) during spring

16 HARVEST A total of 64,679 fish (140,567 pounds) representing 14 taxa were harvested from Mille Lacs Lake (Table 5). The majority of harvested fish were walleye, which comprised 56,835 fish and 124,072 pounds or 88% of the total number and total weight. Northern pike, yellow perch, sucker, and tullibee were the four other species whose harvest exceeded 1,000 pounds. For four of the five species with more than 1,000 pounds harvested, a greater percent of the total weight was taken during spring 2010 than after. For tullibee, a greater percent was taken after spring 2010 (i.e. the fall). During spring 2010 walleye harvest exceeded 1,000 fish or 1,000 pounds or both on April 2 and for 11 consecutive days from April 5 to April 15 (Figure 4, Appendices B and E). The majority of walleye harvested during spring 2010 were taken with gill-nets (118,648 pounds) compared to spears (5,350 pounds) (Appendix B). Table 5. Number and pounds of fish harvested in Mille Lacs Lake during and after spring Spring 2010 After Spring 2010 Total Percent total weight taken Species / Taxa Number Pounds Number Pounds Number Pounds during spring Walleye 56, , , , % Northern Pike 2,179 9, ,200 9, % Yellow Perch 1,524 1, ,527 1, % Burbot % Sucker 2,084 3, ,086 3, % Tullibee ,437 1, ,515 1, % Muskellunge % Smallmouth Bass % Rock Bass % Bullhead % Bass Sp % Crappie Sp % Bowfin % Largemouth Bass % Sunfish % Total 63, , ,490 1, , , % 11

17 a) 16,000 14,000 Netting Spearing 12,000 10,000 Number 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 b) Day in April 35,000 30,000 Netting Spearing 25,000 Pounds 20,000 15,000 10,000 5, Day in April Figure 4. Number (a) and pounds (b) of walleye harvested daily at Mille Lacs Lake by spearing and netting during spring

18 Harvest in Mille Lacs Lake was regulated by a quota for two species, walleye and yellow perch, and a cap for northern pike (Appendix F). During the quota year, 94% of the 132,500 pound quota for walleye, 80% of the 12,496 pound cap for northern pike, and 1% of the 97,428 pound quota for yellow perch were harvested. Quotas that existed for two other species, burbot and tullibee, were removed at the January 2008 meeting of the Minnesota Ceded Territory Fisheries Committee. CATCH PER EFFORT (CPE) A total of boat-hours of spearing were recorded during spring 2010 (Table 3). A total of 2,330 walleye weighing 5,350 pounds was speared (Appendix B); overall spring CPE (total number or weight / total boat hours) of walleye was 6.8 fish and 15.5 pounds per hour. A total of 3,277 net lifts was recorded during the quota year in which 54,505 walleye weighing 118,722 pounds were caught (Table 4; Appendix G). Overall catch per effort was 16.6 fish and 36.2 pounds per net lift. During spring 2010, a total of 3,244 net-lifts were recorded in which 54,479 walleye weighing 118,648 pounds were taken (Appendix E), CPE was16.8 fish and 36.6 pounds per netlift (Figures 5 and 6). 13

19 CPE(n/net lift) Average daily CPE 70 CPE (n/net lift) /31 4/2 4/4 4/6 4/8 4/10 4/12 4/14 4/16 4/18 4/20 4/22 Date Figure 5. Gill-net CPE (number per net-lift) for walleye harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during spring Average number per net-lift = 16.8 fish CPE(lbs/net lift) Average daily CPE CPE (lbs/net lift) /31 4/2 4/4 4/6 4/8 4/10 4/12 4/14 4/16 4/18 4/20 4/22 Date Figure 6. Gill-net CPE (pounds per net-lift) for walleye harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during spring Average weight per net lift = 36.6 pounds. 14

20 MEAN LENGTH AND WEIGHT Length (inches) was measured for a total of 8,050 walleye, 14.2% of the total walleye harvest, and aggregate weight was recorded for all 56,835 walleye harvested (Appendices B and G, Table 5, Figure 7). Average length of measured walleye was 18.1 inches and average weight for all walleye was 2.2 pounds. During spring 2010, for walleye netted, mean length of measured fish was also 18.1 inches and average weight was 2.2 pounds. For speared walleye during spring 2010, mean length of measured fish was 18.3 inches and 2.3 pounds. 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 Number 1, Length (inches) Figure 7. Length frequency of harvested walleye in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (N= 8,050; average length = 18.1 in). 15

21 SEX COMPOSITON OF THE CATCH A total of 7,958 walleye were measured and sexed during the quota year (Appendix G). The majority or 78% were male, with 16% female, and 6% unknown sex. During spring 2010, percentages for walleye netted were 75% male, 18% female, and 7% unknown sex; the male:female sex ratio was 4.2:1. Percentages for speared walleye were 86% male, 11% female, and 3% unknown sex; the male:female sex ratio was 7.5:1. Overall average length was 17.3 inches for male and 21.4 inches for female walleye (Figure 8, Appendix G). Respective average lengths for male and female walleye during spring 2010 were: 17.2 and 20.9 inches for gill netting and 17.5 and 23.4 inches for spearing (Figure 9). 14,000 12,000 Male Female 10,000 Number 8,000 6,000 4,000 2, Length (inches) Figure 8. Estimated number of male and female walleye harvested per inch group during spring

22 14,000 12,000 Male Female Netting 10,000 Number 8,000 6,000 4,000 2, Length (inches) Male Female Spearing 250 Number Length (inches) Figure 9. Estimated number of male and female walleye harvested with gill nets and by spearing from Mille Lacs Lake during spring

23 NORTHERN PIKE HARVEST A total of 2,200 northern pike weighing 9,949.1 pounds were harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (Table 5, Appendix H). Overall average weight was 4.5 pounds. Most northern pike were harvested during spring 2010 (2,179 fish, 9,808.3 pounds). A total of 1,951 northern pike were measured; average length was 25.7 inches (Figure 10). A total of 1,884 northern pike were sexed: 26% were male, 23% female and 52% were of unknown sex. Average length was 24.0 inches for males and 27.5 inches for females. Eighty (80) percent of the northern pike quota was harvested (Appendix F) Number Length (inches) Figure 10. Length frequency of measured northern pike in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (N = 1,991, Average length = 25.7). 18

24 YELLOW PERCH HARVEST A total of 1,527 yellow perch weighing 1,186.1 pounds were harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (Appendix I); overall mean weight was 0.8 pounds. For the 363 yellow perch measured, average length was 11.1 inches (Figure 11). The majority of yellow perch (1,524 fish or over 99% of total) were harvested during spring A total of 341 yellow perch were sexed: 51% were male, 41% female and 8% unknown sex. Average length was 10.9 inches for males and 11.4 inches for females. Of the total yellow perch quota, 1% was harvested (Appendix F) Number Length (inches) Figure 11. Length frequency of measured yellow perch harvested from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year (N = 363, Average length = 11.1 in). 19

25 TULLIBEE HARVEST A total of 1,515 tullibee (cisco or lake herring) weighing 1,476.7 pounds was harvested from Mille Lacs Lake; average weight was 1.0 pounds (Appendix J). The majority (92%) of tullibee was taken in fall A total of 107 tullibee were measured with an average length of 13.7 inches (Figure 12) Number Length (in) Figure 12. Length frequency of measured tullibee harvested from Mille lacs Lake during the quota year (N = 107; Average length = 13.7). 20

26 BURBOT HARVEST A total of 26 burbot weighing 46.1 pounds were harvested from Mille Lacs Lake; average weight was 1.8 pounds (Appendix K). All burbot were harvested during spring. 21

27 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author extends a AMiigwech@ to everyone that assisted with monitoring the fishery. I would like to thank Leanne Thannum, Kim Campy, and Jenny Krueger for their diligence in compiling nightly harvest statistics, in providing these data to tribal and MnDNR representatives, and in updating each day the list of quotas for each species, along with the adjusted quota, the bag limits, and the number of permits available for each band. In addition, I thank tribal fisheries biologists, tribal wardens, fisheries technicians, and creel clerks who helped to compile harvest data each day. I also appreciate the tribal members who fished and patiently allowed the monitoring of the catch. I thank Neil Kmiecik for editing this report. LITERATURE CITED Michaels, S Open-Water Spearing and Netting in the 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory During the Quota Year. Administrative Report Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, Wisconsin, USA 22

28 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX PAGE A B Dates during the quota year when spearing and netting effort occurred in Mille Lacs Lake Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), harvest method (spearing or netting) and date C Catch Report Form: 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory D E F G H I J K Number of members and permits per band that speared only, netted only, or speared and netted one or more nights during the 2010 spring fishery Number of net lifts, walleye harvest, and walleye CPE per mesh size in Mille Lacs Lake during spring Quota or cap, harvest, and percent of quota harvested by band and overall for five fish species in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year Length and weight of measured, sexed, and all walleye harvested by gill net and spearing in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year Length and weight of measured, sexed, and all northern pike harvested by gill net in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year...45 Length and weight of measured, sexed, and all yellow perch harvested by gill net and spearing in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year Length and weight of measured, sexed, and all tullibee harvested by gillnet and spearing in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year Length and weight of measured, sexed, and all burbot harvested by gill net and spearing in Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year

29 Appendix A. Dates during the quota year with spearing and netting effort in Mille Lacs Lake. Month, Year Lake Harvest Method Date Total April, 2010 Mille Lacs Net X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 April, 2010 Mille Lacs Spear X X X X X X X X X X X 11 October, 2010 Mille Lacs Net X X 2 November, 2010 Mille Lacs Net X X X X X X X X 8 March, 2011 Mille Lacs Net X X X 3 24

30 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=BAD RIVER VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 12, REVISED QUOTA 12, HARVEST 11, BALANCE TRIBE=FOND DU LAC VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 24, REVISED QUOTA 24, HARVEST 24, BALANCE TRIBE=LAC COURTE OREILLES VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 14, REVISED QUOTA 13, HARVEST 13, BALANCE

31 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=LAC DU FLAMBEAU VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 19, REVISED QUOTA 19, HARVEST 19, BALANCE TRIBE=MILLE LACS VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 27, ,875.0 REVISED QUOTA 27, ,475.0 HARVEST 24, ,971.1 BALANCE 2, ,503.9 TRIBE=MOLE LAKE VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 12, REVISED QUOTA 11, HARVEST 7, BALANCE 4,

32 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=RED CLIFF VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 12, REVISED QUOTA 12, HARVEST 11, BALANCE TRIBE=ST CROIX VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 12, REVISED QUOTA 12, HARVEST 11, BALANCE TRIBE=TOTAL VALUE NORTHERN PIKE INITIAL QUOTA 132, ,496.0 REVISED QUOTA 132, ,521.0 HARVEST 124, ,949.1 BALANCE 8, ,

33 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=BAD RIVER GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/6/ NET 4/7/ NET 4/8/ , NET 4/9/ , NET 4/10/ , NET 4/11/ NET 4/12/ , NET 4/13/ NET 4/14/ NET 4/15/ NET 4/16/ NET 4/17/ NET 4/18/ NET 4/19/ NET 4/20/ NET 4/21/ NET 4/22/ NET TOTAL 4,839 11, SPEAR 4/8/ SPEAR 4/10/ SPEAR 4/20/ SPEAR TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL 4,879 11,

34 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=FOND DU LAC GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/8/2010 3,500 6, NET 4/9/2010 3,497 8, NET 4/10/2010 2,863 7, NET TOTAL 9,860 22, SPEAR 4/8/ , SPEAR 4/9/ SPEAR 4/10/ SPEAR TOTAL 835 2, TOTAL TOTAL 10,695 24,

35 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=LAC COURTE OREILLES GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/ NET NET 4/6/ NET 4/7/ NET 4/8/2010 1,006 1, NET 4/9/2010 1,714 3, NET 4/10/ , NET 4/11/ , NET 4/12/ , NET 4/13/ , NET 4/14/ NET TOTAL 6,534 13, TOTAL TOTAL 6,534 13,

36 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=LAC DU FLAMBEAU GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/7/ , NET 4/8/2010 1,016 2, NET 4/9/2010 2,509 5, NET 4/10/2010 2,905 6, NET 4/11/ , NET 4/12/ NET TOTAL 8,138 17, SPEAR 4/7/ SPEAR 4/8/ SPEAR 4/9/ SPEAR 4/10/ SPEAR TOTAL 1,023 2, TOTAL TOTAL 9,161 19,

37 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=MILLE LACS GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/1/ NET 4/2/ , NET 4/3/ NET 4/4/ NET 4/5/ , NET 4/6/2010 1,441 2, NET 4/7/2010 1,553 2, NET 4/8/2010 2,000 4, NET 4/9/2010 2,424 5, NET 4/10/2010 1,973 4, NET 10/29/ NET 10/30/ NET 11/3/ NET 11/4/ NET 11/5/ NET 11/6/ NET 11/7/ NET 11/8/ NET 11/9/ NET 11/12/ NET 3/17/ NET 3/21/ NET 3/31/ NET TOTAL 11,481 23, , SPEAR 4/1/ SPEAR 4/2/ SPEAR 4/3/ SPEAR 4/8/

38 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=MILLE LACS (continued) GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET SPEAR 4/9/ SPEAR TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL 11,691 24, ,

39 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=MOLE LAKE GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/5/ NET 4/6/ NET 4/7/ NET 4/8/ NET 4/9/ NET 4/10/ NET 4/11/ , NET 4/12/ , NET 4/13/ , NET 4/14/ NET 4/15/ NET 4/16/ NET 4/17/ NET 4/18/ NET 4/19/ NET 4/20/ NET 4/21/ NET TOTAL 2,958 6, SPEAR 4/11/ SPEAR 4/13/ SPEAR TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL 3,130 7,

40 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=RED CLIFF GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/7/ NET 4/8/ NET 4/9/2010 1,892 3, NET 4/10/2010 1,079 2, NET 4/11/2010 1,340 3, NET 4/12/ NET 4/13/ NET 4/15/ NET TOTAL 5,295 11, SPEAR 4/8/ SPEAR 4/11/ SPEAR TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL 5,325 11,

41 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=ST CROIX GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/7/ NET 4/8/ NET 4/9/2010 1, NET 4/10/ NET 4/11/2010 1, NET 4/12/ NET 4/13/ NET 4/14/ NET 4/15/ NET 4/16/ NET 4/17/ NET TOTAL 5, SPEAR 4/12/ SPEAR TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL 5,418 11,

42 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=TOTAL GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 4/1/ NET 4/2/ , NET 4/3/ NET 4/4/ NET 4/5/ , NET 4/6/2010 1,665 2, NET 4/7/2010 3,564 6, NET 4/8/2010 9,205 18, , NET 4/9/ ,314 30, , NET 4/10/ ,525 27, , NET 4/11/2010 4,519 11, NET 4/12/2010 3,229 7, NET 4/13/2010 1,982 4, NET 4/14/ , NET 4/15/ , NET 4/16/ NET 4/17/ NET 4/18/ NET 4/19/ NET 4/20/ NET 4/21/ NET 4/22/ NET 10/29/ NET 10/30/ NET 11/3/ NET 11/4/ NET 11/5/ NET 11/6/

43 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. TRIBE=TOTAL (continued) GEAR DATATYPE DATE NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/NET NET 11/7/ NET 11/8/ NET 11/9/ NET 11/12/ NET 3/17/ NET 3/21/ NET 3/31/ NET TOTAL 54, , ,197 9, , SPEAR 4/1/ SPEAR 4/2/ SPEAR 4/3/ SPEAR 4/7/ SPEAR 4/8/ , SPEAR 4/9/ , SPEAR 4/10/ SPEAR 4/11/ SPEAR 4/12/ SPEAR 4/13/ SPEAR 4/20/ SPEAR TOTAL 2,330 5, TOTAL TOTAL 56, , ,197 9, ,

44 Appendix B. Number and pounds of walleye and northern pike harvested by eight Chippewa Bands (combined and separately) from Mille Lacs Lake during the quota year. Data are sorted by season (spring and after spring), by harvest method (spearing or netting) and by date. PERIOD GEAR NUMBER POUNDS NPIKE NUMBER NPIKE POUNDS PERMITS POUNDS/PERMIT SPRING NET 54, , ,179 9, , SPRING SPEAR 2,330 5, SPRING TOTAL 56, , ,179 9, , SUMMER/FALL NET SUMMER/FALL TOTAL PRE-SPRING NET PRE-SPRING TOTAL

45 Appendix C. Catch report form: 1837 Minnesota Ceded Territory 40

46 Appendix D. Number of members/permits per band that speared only, gill-netted only, or speared and gill-netted for one or more nights during spring 2010 in Mille Lacs Lake. Number of Nights MIL FDL BRV LCO LDF MOL RCF STC TOTAL: Percent of Total Members** Cumulative Percent: Spearing only % 89.0% % 100% Total members % Total permits Gill-netting only Number of Nights MIL FDL BRV LCO LDF MOL RCF STC TOTAL: Percent of Total Members** Cumulative Percent: % 28.5% % 60.1% % 78.8% % 89.8% % 95.2% % 97.4% % 98.4% % 99.4% % 99.8% % 99.8% % 99.8% % 99.8% % 99.8% % 100.0% Total members % Total permits ,526 Number of Nights MIL FDL BRV LCO LDF MOL RCF STC TOTAL: Percent of Total Members** Cumulative Percent: % 13.3% % 53.3% % 81.0% % 91.4% % 95.2% % 95.2% % 95.2% % 97.1% % 99.0% % 100.0% Total members % Spearing permits Gill net permits * Spearing and gill-netting Grand Total MIL FDL BRV LCO LDF MOL RCF STC TOTAL: Members spearing permits gill-netting permits ,898 total permits ,223 *Also, 28 permits were issued for gill-netting in fall 2010; five (5) gill-netting permits were issued during early spring 2011 (Appendix B). ** Percent of total members that fished the specified number of nights. 41

47 Appendix E. Walleye harvest, CPE (catch per unit effort), and number of net lifts for gill netting in Mille Lacs Lake during spring Mesh size not noted 1.75 inch (bar) All Mesh Sizes CPE: Number/ Net-lift CPE: Pounds/ Net-lift CPE: Number/ Net-lift CPE: Pounds/ Net-lift CPE: Number/ Net-lift Date No. Lifts Total Number Total Pounds No. Lifts Total Number Total Pounds No. Lifts Total Number Total Pounds 4/1/ /2/ , , /3/ /4/ /5/ , , /6/ ,453 2, ,665 2, /7/ ,275 4, ,289 2, ,564 6, /8/ ,935 5, ,270 12, ,205 18, /9/ ,946 12, ,368 18, ,314 30, /10/ ,732 10, ,793 16, ,525 27, /11/ ,099 5, ,420 5, ,519 11, /12/ ,504 3, ,725 3, ,229 7, /13/ , ,065 2, ,982 4, /14/ , , /15/ , , /16/ /17/ /18/ /19/ /20/ /21/ /22/ Total 1,444 24,606 52, ,800 29,873 66, ,244 54, , CPE: Pounds/ Net-lift 42