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Category: Commercial Fishing

Posted inClimate Change, Commercial Fishing, Culture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Invasive Species, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Breaking up: Ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior

by The Narwhal February 22, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCommercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Fresh, local and forgotten: On Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, families fight to save their fisheries

by The Narwhal January 13, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Commercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Invasive Species, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do, Wisconsin

Low but Stable: Yellow perch populations in Great Lakes’ bays and open waters

by John McCracken July 8, 2021
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Commercial Fishing, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, News, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Water Quality

Marine Blooms of Harmful Algae Increasing in Europe, Much of the Americas

by Circle of Blue June 16, 2021
Posted inClimate Change, Commercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Culture, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Latest News, Michigan, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Tourism

Native Rights: Where Great Lakes Tribes can fish and how much is up for debate

by Dave Spratt April 23, 2021November 9, 2025
Posted inCommercial Fishing, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Policy, Politics, Region

Fisheries Fight: Michigan commercial fishers bring MDNR rules to court

by Dave Spratt February 8, 2021
Posted inBudget, Commercial Fishing, COVID-19, Culture, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, News, Politics, Region

Federal Relief: Great Lakes fisheries finally get a cut of COVID-19 relief funds

by Dave Spratt January 21, 2021
Posted inCommercial Fishing, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, News, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, Wisconsin

Multi-million dollar grant funds study of Great Lakes aquaculture

by Great Lakes Echo July 27, 2020November 9, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Commercial Fishing, Fish, Birds and Animals, Food, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ohio, Politics, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Recreational Hunting and Fishing, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Yellow Perch, Emerald Shiners: Diet change might have led to drop in fish catches

by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now February 12, 2020
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Climate Change, Commercial Fishing, Industry, Latest News, Municipalities, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Science, Technology & Research, Shipping and Ports, The States, Waterfront Development, Who We Are and What We Do

Lake Levels: Army Corps says remain cautious as fall storm season approaches

by Gary Wilson, Great Lakes Now August 22, 2019

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