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Commercial fishing in Michigan is critical infrastructure; will it survive COVID-19?

By Kurt Williams | May 18, 2020

Michigan’s commercial fishing is critical infrastructure during the pandemic, yet some of its practitioners may not survive COVID-19. 

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