Archive for January 2023
Anglers, conservationists file objections to proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree
Anglers and conservationists fighting to keep expanded gillnets out of the Great Lakes filed objections to a proposed Consent Decree on Jan. 20. The Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources (CPMR) filed its objections to the proposed decree while a pending appeal to its denial of intervenor status in the negotiations is being weighed in the…
Read MoreJanuary Updates and Interviews
Listen to the Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources members continue to fight to keep expanded gillnetting out of Michigan’s Great Lakes. Tony Radjenovich is the CPMR president and Jim Johnson is a retired DNR fisheries biologist and coalition member. Tangled Tackle interview with CPMR President, Tony Radjenovich https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/january-14-hour-1/id219203811?i=1000594528690 Mike Avery Outdoors Guest retired MDNR Biologist, Jim…
Read MorePossible consequences of proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree fails to address resource limitations and proposes actions that would increase fishing pressure. Such actions at this time of resource crisis constitute the State of Michigan’s abdication of its Public Trust responsibility to protect fishery resources on behalf of the Citizens of Michigan. They also constitute an abdication of the Tribes’…
Read MoreNew Consent Decree Jeopardizes Sustainability of Great Lakes Fishery Resources and the Fishers that Depend on Them
Introduction The recently released draft Consent Decree between the State of Michigan, the United States, and four of the five tribes with fishing rights under the Treaty of 1836 represents a huge step backward in the protection and stewardship of Michigan’s fragile Great Lakes fisheries. The State of Michigan, in negotiating this proposed Decree, abandoned…
Read MoreAngling, conservation organizations given to Jan. 20 to file objections to proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree
A coalition of conservation and angling organizations opposing a proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree has until January 20 to file formal objections with the court. The Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources (CPMR) has been recognized as an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, in past iterations of the decree. In July, CPMR filed a…
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