tribal fishing rights

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians began an appeal of the decree in the fall of 2023.

River stocking could save whitefish. Scientists in northern Michigan are still trying to figure out the best way to do it.

One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.

For northern Michigan businesses that count on snow, last year stunk. Federal disaster loans were a short-term help for many, but what about warmer winters ahead? That's this week on the Up North Lowdown.Plus, the Lions roar, area music festivals face an uncertain future and we remember the arrest that sparked a change in fishing rights.

Despite some confusion, this season will be the first fully under the 2023 Great Lakes Fishing Decree, an agreement between the U.S., the state of Michigan and five tribes.

Tribal fisheries biologists are leading the way on a project that will submerge cameras to get a better idea of how fish populations are interacting and changing.

A popular fishery in northern Michigan was charged with illegally buying and selling lake trout. John Cross of Cross Fisheries in Charlevoix was sentenced…

A report on fish farming in the Great Lakes suggests Michigan should move carefully if it allows the industry to start up. State officials asked a...