MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT REGARDING MENOMINEE RIVER BOUNDARY WATER FISHERY

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:

Fisheries managers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regarding the Menominee River boundary water fishery that affects sturgeon fishing for the 2006 sturgeon fishing season, which began last Saturday and runs through Sept. 30.

The Menominee River lake sturgeon population is the largest in the Lake Michigan basin yet increased sport harvests over the past eight years have raised concerns about the future sustainability of lake sturgeon in these waters. The regulations that took effect April 1, 2006, …

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT REGARDING MENOMINEE RIVER BOUNDARY WATER FISHERY

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:

Fisheries managers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced an agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regarding the Menominee River boundary water fishery that affects sturgeon fishing for the 2006 sturgeon fishing season, which began last Saturday and runs through Sept. 30.

The Menominee River lake sturgeon population is the largest in the Lake Michigan basin yet increased sport harvests over the past eight years have raised concerns about the future sustainability of lake sturgeon in these waters. The regulations that took effect April 1, 2006, …