DNR about-face on gill nets cannot be supported by its own science
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division has a proud, well-deserved legacy of leadership in restoring balanced fish communities to the Great Lakes. A central element of this legacy was the Department’s recognition that lake trout restoration was all but impossible so long as tens of millions of feet of non-selective, lethal gill nets…
Read MoreMDNR Consent Decree Facts Wrong, Grossly Misleading
Recreational fishers may have received an email from the MDNR suggesting that all is well with a new proposed agreement between the State and four out of five tribes with Treaty preserved fishing rights in the northern Great Lakes. These FAQs are either false or grossly misleading. The issues involve how the Great Lakes fishery…
Read MoreState of Michigan, DNR Releases Questionable FAQ Document Related to Fishing Decree
The State of Michigan and its Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued an “FAQ” document last week taking shots at angling and conservation organizations trying to protect our Great Lakes fisheries. The state has presented what it views as the most frequently asked questions related to a proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree that it…
Read MoreAnglers, 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…
Read MoreProposed consent decree places millions of feet of gill net in new waters
A proposed Great Lakes Consent Decree that would place millions more feet of gill net effort in the Great Lakes annually and allow Tribal commercial take of whitefish, lake trout, salmon, walleye and perch sits before a judge. The State of Michigan (including the Department of Natural Resources), United States of America and four of…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Consent Decree negotiations tangled up
The Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources depends on donations to pay for legal fees related to the negotiations. Please consider donating any amount you can to help us stay in the fight. Recent court filings by a conservation coalition, tribes and others embroiled in fishery negotiations show how far the three-year process still has to…
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