EMIL BERARD
Inducted 2004
Emil Berard, a veteran employee of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, began employment with the fisheries division in the early 1970’s. His first assignment was at Riverdale where he was a major factor in the establishment of a cold-water fishery that include the introduction of Coho and Chinook salmon, lake trout, and smelt to giant Lake Sakakawea. Berard was instrumental in developing many of the methods that allowed for successful hatchery reproduction of the Chinook salmon.
His method of collecting and hatching Chinook eggs at the Riverdale Hatchery received national acclaim and aided the foundation for establishment of a strain of disease fee salmon, which provide Lake Sakakawea anglers with unbelievable fishing success.
In the early 1990’s, he was named North Dakota Game and Fish Western District Supervisor of Fisheries. He began an immediate inventory of all southwestern North Dakota lakes and rivers to implement planning for ways to improve angling success.
Inducted 2004
Emil Berard, a veteran employee of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, began employment with the fisheries division in the early 1970’s. His first assignment was at Riverdale where he was a major factor in the establishment of a cold-water fishery that include the introduction of Coho and Chinook salmon, lake trout, and smelt to giant Lake Sakakawea. Berard was instrumental in developing many of the methods that allowed for successful hatchery reproduction of the Chinook salmon.
His method of collecting and hatching Chinook eggs at the Riverdale Hatchery received national acclaim and aided the foundation for establishment of a strain of disease fee salmon, which provide Lake Sakakawea anglers with unbelievable fishing success.
In the early 1990’s, he was named North Dakota Game and Fish Western District Supervisor of Fisheries. He began an immediate inventory of all southwestern North Dakota lakes and rivers to implement planning for ways to improve angling success.