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Written by Sheboygan Press
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 19:09 |
A boat that capsized in Lake Michigan two weeks ago — causing a fatal stress-induced heart attack for one of its occupants — overturned when a downrigger became tangled in a commercial fishing net, authorities said Friday.
This came as the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department said "system shortcomings and human error" were to blame for the botched emergency response in which a dispatcher misheard a 911 call, causing a 24-minute delay.
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Written by Grand Rapids Press
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Monday, 18 January 2010 17:48 |
State fisheries officials analyzing 2009 Lake Michigan salmon reports are encouraged by what seems to be an improved balance between fish and prey.
Preliminary data shows there likely are fewer, but larger, Chinook in the lake than in previous years, providing further evidence that stocking cuts in 2006 are having the desired effect.
“According to the forage fish surveys we do, it looks like we have seen an associated increase in the alewife biomass,” said Randy Claramunt, Michigan Department of Natural Resources research biologist and chairman of the multi-agency Salmonid Working Group that monitors the lake’s salmon.
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Written by Belleville News-Democrat
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:14 |
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Evan Morris went ice fishing in Michigan during his Christmas vacation and came back with a whopper of a fish tale.
Morris, an 11-year-old Boy Scout from Lebanon, caught a 7.8-pound northern pike Dec. 28 measuring 33.5 inches on Houghton Lake, Michigan's largest inland lake covering more than 22,000 acres.
Locals said it's the largest pike caught on the lake by an individual not yet in his teens. Dave Parker, who works at Lyman's on the Lake, a bait and tackle shop that serves Houghton Lake, said it's the biggest he has seen in 30 years.
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Written by Muskegon Chronicle
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 11:25 |
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Carping about invasive species not enough
The threat of several species of Asian carp moving into the Great Lakes has prompted Michigan and five environmental groups to threaten to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to force it to temporarily shut down three shipping locks near Chicago.
We support this move and call on the Corps of Engineers to voluntarily close the locks immediately on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which connects the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes, and other rivers and streams while the scope of the problem is determined.
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Written by Chicago Tribune
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Friday, 27 November 2009 20:41 |
One of Michigan's most successful commercial fishermen is suing the state to try to overcome a decades-old ban on catching walleye in the Great Lakes.
Dana Serafin of Pinconning is forced to release thousands of walleye from his nets while catching other fish in Lake Huron. In 2008, he proposed a three-year study of the walleye population that included a provision for him to keep and sell some of his haul.
No thanks, replied the state Department of Natural Resources.
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