Fishing
Salmon run in northern Michigan highlights differing views on snagging
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The salmon run is a popular time for anglers in Michigan. Snagging isn’t allowed, but some think it should be.
Echo
On course for a ‘phenomenal year’: Charter captains hope for boom in 2021
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has upended much business as usual in the last year, charter fishing ventures on the Great Lakes say they’ve experienced higher demand for their services and look to this summer with anticipation.
Fishing
Conservation experts wary of legalizing trotlines and juglines
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Some anglers and conservationists oppose a controversial catfishing bill introduced in the Michigan Legislature.
fisheries
Virtual walleyes fight new threats to real ones
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Scientists are simulating Great Lakes walleye on computers to find out how contaminants harm the fish.
commercial fishing
Commercial fishing in Michigan is critical infrastructure; will it survive COVID-19?
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Michigan’s commercial fishing is critical infrastructure during the pandemic, yet some of its practitioners may not survive COVID-19.
COVID-19
Hunters, anglers fret over outdoor restrictions
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With turkey season and UP walleye season scheduled to start soon, the extension of the governor’s stay-at-home order with travel restrictions and ban on motorized watercraft use are worrying hunters and anglers. DNR has made adjustments for turkey hunters.
Recreation
Commercial fishers, sports anglers, at odds over fishing restrictions
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Michigan’s commercial fishing industry wants the ability to catch and sell game species like trout and perch, while recreational anglers say that change would threaten fish populations and hurt fish-related tourism and spending.
Fishing
Proposal could place more requirements on hunting, fishing guides
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Commercial hunting and fishing guides would need state licenses under a proposal pending in a Michigan House committee. Supporters say that would provide additional safety for hunters and anglers if guides must carry liability insurance and know CPR and first aid.
Wildlife
Invasive mussels challenge commercial whitefish fishing in the Great Lakes
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The spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels in the Great Lakes has altered the ecology of lakes, including disrupting the food web in the lakes. Commercial whitefish fishers are facing challenges in their industry that may be the result of changes to the food web brought about by the presence of the invasive mussels.
angling
More women are fishin’—but not enough to offset the drop in men
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The findings of a recent study reflect a major challenge facing natural resource agencies in the Great Lakes region: how to recruit, retain and reactivate anglers.