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Friday, October 11th, 2024

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Sportsmen Since 1968

Friday, October 11th, 2024

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Sportsmen Since 1968

Commentary: DNR Tribal Unit in Michigan has become a defender of gillnets

The authors, Jim Johnson and Tony Radjenovich, say the proposed consent decree over Great Lakes treaty water fishing jeopardizes an already dwindling fishery resource and both the tribal and recreational angler’s opportunity to fish the Great Lakes. (Stock photo)

The proposed consent decree over Great Lakes treaty water fishing undoes a $14 million investment made by the state of Michigan and tribes in the previous decree and represents an about face by the DNR on gillnets.
This jeopardizes an already dwindling fishery resource and both the tribal and recreational angler’s opportunity to fish the Great Lakes.

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