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DNR reports mixed trends and market pressures in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior commercial fisheries
Summary
Department staff updated the board on 2024 commercial-fish harvests and management: Lake Michigan showed declining lake whitefish harvest but higher Green Bay yields, the lake-trout scope statement will not proceed now, and the trawling rule for whitefish continues. Lake Superior reported strong 2022 year classes for whitefish, cisco and chubs but
The Department of Natural Resources on Oct. 22 briefed the Natural Resources Board on the current status of commercial fisheries in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, reporting divergent trends across lakes and species and several management and market developments.
Lake Michigan summary: Carson Cisneros, Great Lakes specialist in the Bureau of Fisheries Management, reported overall declines in Lake Michigan lake-whitefish harvest but rising harvest in Green Bay. Cisneros said Green Bay harvest has increased while open-Lake Michigan harvest has trended lower; both areas were below quota in 2024. The department noted 34 individual commercial fishers hold 48 Lake Michigan…
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