Fifty years ago, one man triggered a legal fight that changed commercial fishing in the Great Lakes. Decades later, another legal battle is taking shape over the Great Lakes tribes indigenous rights.

LANSING, MI — Commercial fishers say that one of Michigan’s oldest industries could disappear within a decade unless the ...

Bills under consideration in the House aim to expand commercial access to walleye and trout as whitefish catch rates plummet.

A federal judge on Thursday approved an agreement between four Native American tribes and state and federal regulatory agencies to revise a fishing policy covering parts of three of the Great Lakes.

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) - Cuts by the Trump administration to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could have a big impact on commercial and recreational fishing in the Great Lakes. Earlier this month, a ...