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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Wisconsin Walleye War became the name for late-20th century events of civil protest in Wisconsin in protest of Ojibwe hunting and fishing rights. In a 1983 case, the tribes challenged state efforts to regulate their hunting and fishing off the reservations, based on their rights in the treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1842). On August 21, 1987, the U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb ruled that six Ojibwe (Chippewa) tribal governments had the right under these treaties for hunting and fishing throughout their former territory.Protests erupted in Wisconsin among Environmentalist, conservationist & sports fishermen opposed to tribal members spearfishing walleye during spawning season. Protests continued into 1991 against the Ojibwe exercising their treaty rights through the walleye spawning seasons. Actions on several fronts gradually led to sport fishermen daily bag limits being reduced to 2 fish, if any on some lakes, where only one fish may be over 14 inches. DNR shocking has notice a large reduction in walleye females of breeding age, up to 70% in some lakes. Mostly only female fish are speared while spawning eggs since male fish come later to "milk' the eggs after the females have dispersed & spearing has ended. Only sportmen's tax dollars goes to fund fish hatcheries to replace depleted stock due to spearing. There are no recorded numbers of walleyes or muskies reported to the DNR from the tribes spearing during spawning season.In addition to coverage by the regional and national press, the events were chronicled in a Mother Jones 1991 article, books published on this topic in 1994 and 2002, and a documentary film, Lighting the Seventh Fire (1995)."@en }

• Wisconsin_Walleye_War abstract "The Wisconsin Walleye War became the name for late-20th century events of civil protest in Wisconsin in protest of Ojibwe hunting and fishing rights. In a 1983 case, the tribes challenged state efforts to regulate their hunting and fishing off the reservations, based on their rights in the treaties of St. Peters (1837) and La Pointe (1842). On August 21, 1987, the U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb ruled that six Ojibwe (Chippewa) tribal governments had the right under these treaties for hunting and fishing throughout their former territory.Protests erupted in Wisconsin among Environmentalist, conservationist & sports fishermen opposed to tribal members spearfishing walleye during spawning season. Protests continued into 1991 against the Ojibwe exercising their treaty rights through the walleye spawning seasons. Actions on several fronts gradually led to sport fishermen daily bag limits being reduced to 2 fish, if any on some lakes, where only one fish may be over 14 inches. DNR shocking has notice a large reduction in walleye females of breeding age, up to 70% in some lakes. Mostly only female fish are speared while spawning eggs since male fish come later to "milk' the eggs after the females have dispersed & spearing has ended. Only sportmen's tax dollars goes to fund fish hatcheries to replace depleted stock due to spearing. There are no recorded numbers of walleyes or muskies reported to the DNR from the tribes spearing during spawning season.In addition to coverage by the regional and national press, the events were chronicled in a Mother Jones 1991 article, books published on this topic in 1994 and 2002, and a documentary film, Lighting the Seventh Fire (1995).".