A company based in Thunder Bay is working with fishers in Naujaat, Nunavut on a project to sell wild-caught arctic char to northwestern Ontario. Eat the Fish is part of a project called Lake to Plate that's helping Inuit fishers in Nunavut develop a sustainable commercial fishery near their home community.
Posted: Mar 09, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 9
Whitefish are the top local fish sold by Eat the Fish, of Thunder Bay, Ont. Other fish species sold include lake trout, perch and walleye. (Paul Drombolis)
Like many people in northwestern Ontario, Paul Drombolis grew up loving fish and fishing.
He says as a young man he chased brook trout and steelhead in local streams and rivers around Thunder Bay. He fell in love with the area and the fish. Although it started out as simply as a fever for angling, as he grew older, Drombolis wanted to make a career out of fish.