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Public water fish are illegal to sell in most states although there are a few exceptions. However the following statement is BS IMHO:
Robson said the law is also in place for serious safety concerns. If you recall, more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the Kalamazoo River, which is lined with factories, when a pipeline ruptured in 2010.
Granted the fish may be contaminated, but the law was never produced for that reason. It was already in effect before the oil spill.
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I'd be willing to bet that if he had a commercial fishing license, everything would have been legal. I don't know the laws about that in Michigan.
I know that when I was fishing in the Pacific off of the coast of California, we could not sell any part of the catch if everybody on the boat did not have a commercial fishing license. At least that's what we were told.
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I'd be willing to bet that if he had a commercial fishing license, everything would have been legal. I don't know the laws about that in Michigan.
Doubtful in Michigan Scott. Michigan is very controlling when it comes to their natural resources. It's almost as bad as California up there.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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I did a little bit of looking Cecil and you're right. There are about 50 tribal commercial fishing licenses, and about 30 non-tribal licenses. No new ones are being issued, but a person could purchase an existing license if someone wanted to get out of the business. If you're interested, here's some info on the restricted waters. http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files%5CAdminCode%5C271_10249_AdminCode.pdf
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Thanks Scott but having lived in Michigan, graduated from college there, and heard stories from fish farmers, I'm pretty familiar with how things are up there.
I had a Michigan C.O. lie to me once and tell me none of my fish could be sold in his state with no exceptions. Fortunately I knew better.
As far as the Native Americans in Great Lakes waters they don't have as much freedom to catch anything or in the quantities many think they do.
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If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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