Everett LaFond
American politician
Everett F. "Butch" LaFond (January 4, 1901 – March 20, 1961) was an American commercial fisherman and politician from Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
Background
LaFond was born January 4, 1901, son of Henry and Minnie (Krueger) LaFond, in Two Rivers, where his ancestors had been commercial fishers since 1848. He attended St. Luke's parochial school, and Washington High School. He was a World War I veteran, having served in the Navy on Atlantic Ocean minesweepers. He was discharged in 1919 (he would be active with the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, serving as commander of the local VFW Post 1248), and went into the family business, the Lafond Fish Company.
Fishing business
LaFond was a vehement and outspoken advocate of the interests of the commercial fishing industry, and frequently came into conflict with conservation forces in Wisconsin. He was the founding secretary of the Wisconsin Federation of Commercial Fishermen when it was founded in 1927 at Two Rivers. By 1930, in coordination with his father Captain Henry LaFond, he was challenging the new state restrictions on the size of the mesh in fishing nets, claiming the state's new regulations would harm fisheries in Lake Michigan. He would continue to disagree with state wildlife and conservation forces for decades to come, culminating in several cases where he was involved in violent clashes.
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