ST. PAUL — Anglers on Mille Lacs Lake will be allowed to keep one walleye a day in the upcoming ice fishing season.

The Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday said the popular destination lake’s walleye population has increased enough to sustain a one-walleye harvest for a third straight winter. Anglers may keep one walleye between 21 and 23 inches, or one over 28 inches.

Walleye angling on Mille Lacs was limited to catch-and-release this summer for the third consecutive season.

DNR officials say the Mille Lacs walleye population has undergone a long-term decline coinciding with significant changes in the lake’s ecosystem, including clearer water, invasive species and declines in forage species such as perch and tullibees.