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Section of Fisheries

  • Main page
  • Area Fisheries offices
  • Fisheries management

  • Fishing information
  • Fisheries permits
  • Fisheries publications & reports
  • MinnAqua education program
  • Hunter & Angler Recruitment & Retention Program
  • Game & Fish Fund Citizen Oversight
  • LakeFinder

Management information

7 Ways We Improve Fishing

Gather information

Improve and protect habitat

Stock fish

Adjust regulations

Inform and educate

Increase access

Conduct research

Fisheries management

  • DNR Fisheries budget
  • Management by species
  • Management myths dispelled
  • Top management issues
  • Leech Lake Fish Management Planning
  • Tagged fish reporting
  • Map of Fisheries field offices and staff This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.

Related management

  • Invasive species
  • Lake maps
  • Fishing piers and boat access
  • Stream habitat program
  • Aquaculture and Wetland Report - Public Input
  • Fish rearing in wetlands This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.
  • Aquatic farming license study This is a PDF file. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download it.

See also the 2001 DNR Fisheries Report to Anglers




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