2014 Walleye and Perch limits set

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has set the 2014 creel limit for Lake Erie yellow perch at 30 per day and the creel limit for walleye at six per day. They limits are the same as they were in 2013.
“This year’s assessment showed that both yellow perch and walleye populations remain stable,” Chuck Murray, the PFBC’s Lake Erie biologist, said in a news release. “Based on this, the creel limits are being held at the 2013 limits.”
The PFBC adopted a regulation in 2012 that established adaptive creel limits for walleye and yellow perch based on the annual quotas established by the Lake Erie Committee. The committee includes fisheries managers from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Michigan, and Ontario. The PFBC sets its daily creel limits for these two species by April 15 each year.
“Adaptive fishing regulations are based on the most recent fishery assessment results and are better aligned with the current status of the yellow perch and walleye stocks,” Murray said in the release. “This regulatory flexibility gave fisheries managers the ability to change daily harvest limits prior to the onset of the summer boat fishing season on Lake Erie.”