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00:00The Great Lakes have a natural organizing force for the people of the region.

00:12The vastness of them is really hard to convey.

00:16The Great Lakes region holds one-fifth of Earth's surface freshwater.

00:23They're very, very important to our economy.

00:26We've got the world's largest source of clean, fresh water.

00:30Kids grow up and they have that memory.

00:33They associate it with their time and their summers with their family on the shores of

00:38Lake Michigan or Lake Huron.

00:40And fishing is an integral part of that.

00:43The fish that swim in the water are part of the lifeblood of the Great Lakes region.

00:49The importance of fishing is part of that full relationship with the natural world.

00:56Fishing is my life.

00:57I started fishing as a young kid.

01:01You see young adults, you see women, and you see men in their own fishing.

01:06They just enjoy it.

01:07It's just a beautiful place and a true outdoorsman.

01:10This is heaven.

01:12Fishing in the Great Lakes is such a valuable resource.

01:18For most of history, people simply assumed that the Great Lakes were so vast and packed

01:23with fish that there would always be plenty to catch.

01:26It was just too easy to throw a net in the water and pull money out.

01:33But by the 1950s, everything had changed.

01:37The fish most important to people were nearly gone.

01:42No one could explain it, let alone fix it.

01:45Whether you were in Lake Ontario or Lake Superior or everywhere in between, it was dire.

01:51From small towns up to major cities, it was people's livelihoods.

01:56We were at a loss as to what we were going to do.

02:00Short on hope, some remarkable people tackled the mystery.

02:05Their odd discovery still menaces the Great Lakes today.

02:10It's been described as a moonshot.

02:13Probably the largest scale species recovery program ever.

02:18Their battle dramatically changed how people from all walks of life connect with these

02:24freshwater seas.

02:28We don't want to lose this.

02:29We've got to protect it.

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The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer

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