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America 250: Albert "Big Abe" LeBlanc changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever

NPR | By Diantha Parker
Published May 31, 2026 at 4:31 AM AKDT

Fifty years ago, one man triggered a legal fight that changed commercial fishing in the Great Lakes. Decades later, another legal battle is taking shape over the Great Lakes tribes indigenous rights.

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Diantha Parker