UPDATE #3: Negotiations with Michigan’s Tribes- Issues facing Recreational fishers- Entry and Effort.   This is the third in the series of updates that we will be posting to let those interested in the sport and commercial fisheries of the Great Lakes know what challenges the Parties face in the negotiation of a new agreement…

Michigan Out-of-Doors took the time to discuss the Consent Decree in their latest episode.  

UPDATE #2: Negotiations with Michigan’s Tribes- Issues facing Sport fishers-Allocation   This is the second in the series of updates that we will be posting to let those interested in the sport and commercial fisheries of the Great Lakes know what is happening in the negotiation of a new agreement between the State, the Federal…

UPDATE: Current Negotiations with Michigan’s Tribes- Some Background   This is the first in a series of updates that we will be posting to let those interested in the sport and commercial fisheries of the Great Lakes know what is happening in the negotiation of a new agreement between the State, the Federal government and…

Fishing Agreement and the future of the Great Lakes Dear Members and Friends of the Coalition, Recently, the Traverse City Record Eagle reported on negotiations aimed at a new agreement on Great Lakes fishing between five Michigan Tribes and the State of Michigan. The Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources is participating in those negotiations as…

THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS ARE THREATENING   As many people know, the agreement that we have been living with for the last 20 years that has protected our Great Lakes sport fishery is expiring.  As of August 8 of THIS year, there will be no agreement or Court order that regulates the activities of tribal commercial…

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2019 Updates The negotiations through the end of 2019 consisted of  9 days of negotiations in various locations throughout the state. CPMR’s confirmed we have Amicus status in the 2020 negotiations from Judge Maloney CPMR’s attorney’s had multiple meetings during the summer of 2019 with MDNR to prepare for the 2020 negotiations Attended the August Executive…