Time to update Michigan’s commercial fishing regulations

Andrew Hendrickson, who runs North Star Fishing Adventures out of Standish, Mich., was fishing along the west side of Saginaw Bay when he trolled past a commercial fishing net. When he took a closer look, he said he was completely ticked off by what was in it. He said he saw dead fish, many of them walleyes and pike, which were rotting in the net.“They were so dead they were white,” Hendrickson said. “They were all covered in algae. It was wanton waste. How could anyone do this?”

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