Northwest Angle Ice Fishing / LOW_51
Photos by D. Arscott
2003

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LOW_51

As a food fish, burbot are generally disdained, but with little justification. Despite the best efforts of a minority of burbot promoters, the fish has never sustained much of a commercial or recreational fishery, for the most part considered bycatch which draws less than 4 cents/pound on the market.

Text by Kristin Blann Experiment for Fisheries 5601 March 11, 1997