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The trolling season is winding down and this is when we get busy at the GLSI. First the good news. The MDNR has announced they will increase chinook stocking to 1 million fish in 2023. We have been working on and pushing for this increase over the last 2 years. Last year, it appeared we would get an increase this spring but the Lake Michigan Committee composed of the surrounding states and tribal nations vetoed it. More info in this link on the increase for 2023. You can attend the public zoom meeting on Sept 19th. There is more info in this news article. We will be there.
www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/09/la...sletter_3at3_jackson
Now the bad news. Consent decree negotiations are not going well and the group representing anglers that we support, The Coalition to Protect Michigan Resources, had their motion for greater participation denied by a Federal judge. Once the details of the new decree are announced, there will be an opportunity to file objections to it. We are monitoring developments closely and we will keep you posted on the details of a new decree when they are announced. More info here.
www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/09/fi...gotiation-table.html
Our last update is about the Platte River mouth. Historically the Platte River mouth has been dredged to allow access to Platte Bay for public safety vessels and anglers benefitted from this as well. This is the closest access for anglers to Platte Bay. Local authorities have always advocated for dredging of the Platte River mouth so first responders could access Platte Bay quickly. It is a very long run from any other launch site. The Federal Government has prohibited this in recent years which does not make any sense.
There is some controversy now that a new channel has appeared at the mouth. We are shocked by the careless regard for public safety from Federal authorities on the situation. It is another example of Federal mismanagement of Great Lakes resources.
“Boater access will have to adapt to nature,” said Scott Tucker, superintendent of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. “That’s one of the goals of the National Park Service; is to restore natural processes. And once we restore the natural processes, boaters and recreation will have to adapt to nature rather than adapting nature to recreation.”
If that approach puts the public at greater risk, so be it."
mlive.com/public-interest/2022/09/illega...-safety-problem.html
We will continue to monitor this situation.
We will be at the stocking zoom meeting on Sept 19th and the Lake Michigan Citizens Fishery Advisory Committee Meeting on Sept 29th. We will keep you informed on what happens.
Tight lines in the fall fishing season!
