Author: EUP News Staff

Updated guidelines for co-management of fisheries resources in parts of Michigan’s Great Lakes are now in effect for the next 24 years. The new Great Lakes Fishing Decree was approved on August 24, 2023, by the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. In the months since the law was signed, the State of Michigan and tribal governments have been preparing to implement the provisions of the document. This order is necessary because five tribes – the Bay Mills Indian Community, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the…