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2023 Great Lakes Fishing Decree

•License and monitor the GTB licensed commercial fishery

•Perform multiple open-water assessments on GT Bay & northern Lake Michigan

•Operate the Tribe’s two commercial marinas (Peshawbestown & Beaver Island)

•Cooperate with other fisheries agencies on multiple research projects

•Operate sea lamprey traps on the Boardman River during their spawning run

•Long-term contaminant trend monitoring (MDEQ)

•Provides support for the GTB Natural Resources & Environmental Committee

•Licensed approximately 30 commercial fishers annually

•Generate annual lake whitefish and lake trout harvest limits/guidelines

•Annually stock approximately 160,000 walleye into Grand Traverse Bay

•Maintain long-term databases (1985-present) of fishery data (50,000+ records)

•Represent GTB on 18 Interagency Committees/Working Groups