The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery (2025)
91 min
In the early twentieth century, a mysterious ecological crisis nearly wiped out the fish that most people cared about in the largest freshwater ecosystem on earth—the Great Lakes. The impact reverberated across the region, ruining local industries, damaging small town economies and indigenous communities, and destroying the livelihoods of people in the United States and Canada. With little reason for hope, a dedicated group of scientists, policymakers, and conservationists tackled the mystery.
- Release date
- January 31, 2025
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Stephen H. LaHaie as Self - Managing Partner, Shaw's Crab House
- J.K. Simmons as Self - Narrated by
- Kent LaCombe as Self - Great Lakes Environmental Historian, Illinois State University
- Bill Mattes as Self - Great Lakes Section Leader, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
- Frank Ettawageshik as Self - Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Executive Director, United Tribes of Michigan
- Marc Gaden as Self - Executive Secretary, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
- Cory O. Brant as Self - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Water Center
- Jennifer Read as Self - Director, University of Michigan Water Center
- Henry Regier as Self - Great Lakes Networker
- Jack Bails as Self - Former Assistant Director, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Crew
- Lindsey Haskin · Director