Saskatchewan’s cold-water fish is still making waves on the European market
Once the temperature drops, the fishing industry heats up in a small village in northern Saskatchewan thanks to the tullibee and after five years it’s still going strong.
“They are saving the Pinehouse fishing industry,” said Lionel Smith, commercial fisherman from his home on Pinehouse Lake.
The tullibee, also known as a northern cisco, lake herring, or chub, is a small roughly two-pound fish found in northern cold-water lakes.
Once upon a time, commercial fishermen in Pinehouse would cast the petite fish from their nets in favour of much larger and tastier fish.