Editing Walleye (section)

==Cultural aspects==
[[File:Garrison Big Fish.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Large walleye statue at [[Mille Lacs Lake|Lake Mille Lacs]] in [[Garrison, Minnesota]]]]
Walleye is a culturally significant food in the [[Upper Midwest]].<ref name=Huber>Makenzie Huber, [https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2019/08/22/walleye-origin-south-dakota-food-favorite-state-fish/2053943001/ Why walleye? How this flaky fish became a South Dakota food favorite], ''Argus Leader'' (August 28, 2019).</ref> Walleye is popular in Minnesota; the [[Minnesota Legislature]] declared walleye the official [[state fish]] in 1965. Three towns&mdash;[[Garrison, Minnesota]], [[Baudette, Minnesota]], and [[Garrison, North Dakota]]&mdash;each claim to be the "Walleye Capital of the World" and a large statue of the fish is erected in each town.<ref>[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/walleye.html "Walleyed War of the Walleye Capitals"]. RoadsideAmerica.com. Doug Kirby, Ken Smith, Mike Wilkins.</ref> Walleye pike was declared the official "state warm water fish" of [[Vermont]] in 2012. (Vermont's official "state cold water fish" is the [[brook trout]], ''Salvelinus fontinalis''.)<ref>[https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2012/Docs/BILLS/H-0449/ACT0082%20As%20Enacted.pdf Vermont No. 82 of 2012].</ref>

South Dakota designated the walleye as its official state fish in 1982.<ref name=Huber/> Although the fish is native to South Dakota, living in [[Missouri River]] reservoirs and eastern [[glacial lake]]s of the state, it only became a popular food in South Dakota in the 1970s and 1980s, when the [[fishing tournament]] circuit promoted the fish and operated walleye fishing contests in the state.<ref name=Huber/>

The walleye is the [[List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols|official provincial fish]] of [[Manitoba]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Emblems of Manibota|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/visiting/docs/symbolsofmanitoba.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144052/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/visiting/docs/symbolsofmanitoba.pdf |archive-date=2017-04-20 |url-status=live|publisher=[[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]]}}</ref> [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, considers the walleye (referred to locally as "pickerel") its most important local fish.<ref name=Nicholson2007/>{{rp|76}} Icelandic fishermen in Lake Winnipeg traditionally supplied the Winnipeg market.<ref name=Nicholson2007>{{cite web |last=Nicholson |first=Karen |title=A History of Manitoba's Commercial Fishery 1872-2005 |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/internal_reports/pdfs/Fishery_MB_Commercial.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822115536/http://gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/internal_reports/pdfs/Fishery_MB_Commercial.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-22 |url-status=live |publisher=Manitoba Historic Resources Branch |date=May 2007 |access-date=8 May 2017}}</ref>{{rp|23–26}} The walleye is also the provincial fish of [[Saskatchewan]], which declared the species its official fish in 2015 after it won a fish emblem contest.<ref name=Saskatchewan>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/provincial-territorial-symbols-canada/saskatchewan.html#a73|title=Saskatchewan's provincial symbols|date=15 August 2017 |publisher=[[Canadian Heritage]]|access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref> Walleye is the most popular fish for [[sport fishing]] in Saskatchewan, and can be caught in many rivers, reservoirs, and lakes.<ref>Michael Snook, ''Fishing Saskatchewan: An Angler's Guide to Provincial Waters'' (University of Regina Press: 2004), pp. 101–103.</ref> The International Underwater Spearfishing Association record for largest [[spearfishing]]-caught walleye is held by a 13.3-pound walleye caught in 2014 on the [[South Saskatchewan River]] north of [[Lake Diefenbaker]].<ref name=Saskatchewan/>