News Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The largest cuts are planned for Michigan because chinook are naturally reproducing in that state's tributaries to Lake Michigan. Fisheries managers estimate about half the lake's chinook are wild, naturally reproduced fish hatched in Michigan streams or migrants from Lake Huron. More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy1 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 What a joke the commercial fisherman aren't reducing thier quota on harvest of baitfish why even have a meeting and the fishery managers also didn't care about the sport fishermans imput. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLubbs Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Looks like it's time to break out the greaser gear And Gordon, you should note that the article says that the alwives and smelt are sold as "by-catch", meaning they are not the target species, they just happen to get caught. On a side not, I found it interesting who has made the only comment on the original site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthebuilder Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Gordon, you should note that the article says that the alwives and smelt are sold as "by-catch", meaning they are not the target species, they just happen to get caught. In addition, there is no plan at the present time to reduce the harvest of forage fish by commercial fishermen. Alewife and smelt are considered the most important forage species in the lake and both are caught and sold either as by-catch or through quotas by commercial fisherman.From the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLubbs Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Apparently I need to read more carefully, thanks for pointing that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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