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Twenty companies have pledged to use all parts of the Great Lakes fish

Joe MantheiLake trout and whitefish leather dyed with natural indigo. By SHEALYN PAULISCapital News Service LANSING — Fish-leather purses and wallets could enter Great Lakes fashion with an initiative to use 100% of commercially caught fish by 2025. One of the newest projects of a binational Great Lakes organization is to fully exploit the region’s whitefish, lake trout, yellow perch, walleye and white sucker. David Naftzger, the executive director for the Conference of Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers, recently signed 20th company on the 100% fish pledge. Participants include four from Michigan: Motor City Seafoods in Detroit, VanLandschoot…

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