Walter Sve

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• Reel Stories: Commercial fisherman has a story about getting off Lake Superior in a big wind

  Commercial fisherman Walter Sve recounts story about the dangers of being a commercial herring fisherman on the North Shore of Lake Superior. He's been at the job for decades. We talked with him while he was cleaning fish in his fish-house.

  Sep. 28, 20041 minSave
• Voices of Minnesota: Fishing families on the North Shore

  Midday presents two Voices of Minnesota conversations with Minnesota fishermen. Howard Sivertson and Walter Sve share recollections of growing up in fishing families on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It's a way of life that's practically disappeared.

  Nov. 28, 200353 minSave
• The legacy of the Reserve Mining case

  MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill looks back at fight to stop the pollution of Lake Superior, an early chapter in the history of the environmental movement. It established the principle that the government can force industry to clean up its pollution.

  Oct. 29, 2003Save
• North Shore commercial fishery remembered in museum

  MPR's Mary Losure files this story about the North Shore's fishing families and the environmental catastrophes that destroyed their way of life. In the 1930's, Lake Superior supported a thriving commercial fishing industry. Now, on a lake holding one tenth of the world's fresh water, only a handful of commercial fishermen and women remain.

  Jul. 21, 1997Save