Keeping the $5.5 billion Michigan fishery afloat

Keeping the $5.5 billion Michigan fishery afloat

Research on all kinds of fish is conducted in labs around the Great Lakes region. The different state agencies have agreed to a Joint Strategic Plan that compiles their data to provide a big picture of the fisheries in the lakes.

Keeping the $5.5 billion Great Lakes fishery afloat as Trump administration considers cuts - Great Lakes Commission

There has been great collaboration between the states and both federal governments to do what’s best for the $5.5 billion Great Lakes fishery and lakes they share. But much of that research and the collaborations with Canada have not been a priority of the administration of President Donald Trump. Read the full story by Michigan Public.

Keeping the $5.5 billion Great Lakes fishery afloat as Trump administration considers cuts

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station is based in a building that was constructed in 1917, originally as a federal fish hatchery. It wasn’t the first on this site. An earlier hatchery was built in 1894. The U.S. government was trying to replenish the fish population. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.