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This section of the exhibit examined commercial fishers’ views and beliefs regarding the management and conservation of Lake Michigan fisheries. Because their livelihood depends on the fisheries resources, commercial fishers have and continue to advocate their interests through involvement in the policy making process. Commercial fishing organizations support fisheries research and education. Commercial fishing is part of the cultural identity of many Lake Michigan communities, where some families have fished for generations. |
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Commercial fishers waged an unsuccessful effort to keep the Michigan Department of Natural Resources from nearly eliminating gill nets. Newspaper clippings gathered by local historical societies, such as the Garden Peninsula Historical Society, were important research sources for the exhibit. |
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Photographs of exhibit while at the MSU Museum |
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Conscious that their livelihood depended on the fisheries resources, commercial fishers have a long-standing interest in the regulation and conservation of Lake Michigan fisheries. Today, Lake Michigan's commercial fishers are regulated by their respective state natural resource agencies. |
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“There's so many demands on the resource. The whole management thing, the whole conflict over the resource is unfortunately, based on greed. The different factions want all they can get or all of it. The Indians want as much as they can get. The sport fishery wants all they can get. And I want my share too.” William Carlson, Leland, Michigan, 1999
“...we actually had a warden say one time we’ll just break you by having you go to court, you know. It was kind of funny.” John Cross, Charlevoix, Michigan, 1999
“But fortunately, now we’ve got some biologists within the DNR that are willing to stand up to the sports groups and tell them hey, we can't keep planting at this pace. We got to cut back.” Dennis Hickey, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, 1999 |
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“Yeah, I definitely think that there is a bias toward sport fishing. They keep saying that there isn't but ...we make many trips to Madison.” Rick Johnson, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, 1999
“We’re on a quota system and I don’t know if we’ll ever catch our quota again the way the fishery is going.” Ken Koyen, Washington Island, Wisconsin, 1999
“They figured there was more money in the sports fishery than there was in commercial fishing.” Joel Peterson, Garden, Michigan, 1999 |
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Kenneth Peterson (left) and Joel Peterson (right). Photograph by Michael J. Chiarappa. |
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Interacting with Fish for All Page Links:
Government | Tribal | Sport | Commercial
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Fish for All
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