Judge approves tribal fishing rights agreement
On August 24, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney in Kalamazoo approved an agreement among four indigenous tribes, federal regulators, and the state of Michigan, establishing fishing regulations for portions of the upper Great Lakes. This accord, which allocates fishing privileges across Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior, extends a preexisting regulatory structure that had been in deliberation since its lapse in 2020, now spanning the next 24 years.
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