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- If we have poor water quality,

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the fish, they don't live
in it, they'd take off.

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They're not gonna deal with that.

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(gentle music)

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My name is Captain Don McGee.

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I've been a charter captain for 45 years.

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I've been in love with
Lake Erie my whole life,

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all the way to owning a
boat before I owned a car.

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The water quality is
important, very important

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that we have good quality water.

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- So at Stone Lab, we wanna understand

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why some bacteria blooms in Lake Erie,

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why they produce toxins,
and what can we do about it.

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(gentle music continues)

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- Water quality affects my
walleye fishing dramatically.

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Lake Erie has more fish in it

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than all other Great Lakes combined.

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Ohio State has given us
the opportunity to help.

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- Boat captains are out 200
days a year on the lake.

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They take time to, once
a week, grab a sample.

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It's been invaluable.

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- [Don] For them caring for the lake

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as much as I care for
the lake, phenomenal.

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It's beyond words.

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(gentle music continues)

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- The samples that they collect today

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will hopefully lead to a more
healthy Lake Erie next year,

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next decade, and so forth.

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- Our children, our grandkids,
our great grandkids,

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hopefully we leave them a
good water quality of the lake

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and the fisheries that they can enjoy

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for the rest of their life.

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Not everybody comes out to
the lake, but they should.