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Wisconsin governor announces walleye production plan

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker has announced a nearly $13 million effort to boost walleye production.

The plan would create $8.2 million in borrowing authority to expand hatcheries and allocate $1.8 million for operating expenses and $2 million for grants for private organizations to expand walleye production. The plan also include money for aquaculture work, buying fingerlings from private vendors and expanding a program that gives tribal youth jobs on natural resources-related projects.

Walker’s office says the initiative will boost walleye to more than 500,000 annually by 2016.

State Department of Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Matt Moroney says the money will come from general purpose revenue. He says members of the legislature’s finance committee plan to vote on the plan in the coming days.

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