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Tribal Coordination

A map showing treaty boundary areas across Michigan
Trap net marker

Great Lakes co-management

The state shares management authority with tribes in many areas of Michigan's Great Lakes. Both formal and informal agreements govern many aspects of fisheries management and enforcement of regulations.

Learn more and view the Great Lakes Decree.

DNR employee holding a northern pike

Inland co-management

The state also shares management authority with many tribes on inland waters. Shared management activities include conducting surveys, crafting regulations, stocking fish, improving habitat and ensuring compliance.

Learn more and view the Inland Consent Decree.

Great Lakes: Whitefish monitoring study

We work cooperatively with tribes to monitor lake whitefish populations and commercial fisheries in many areas of Michigan’s Great Lakes.

Great Lakes: Lake trout harvest limits

Lake trout populations are managed to promote long term sustainability of the fisheries and to support the overall stability of the Great Lakes ecology.

Inland lakes: Walleye monitoring study

We are conducting long-term monitoring - over the next 20 years - on a select set of inland lakes in the 1836 Treaty territory.

Inland lakes: Lake sturgeon monitoring

Surveys on inland lakes help assess lake sturgeon populations and provide data important to management planning.