A past and present look into Michigan’s sturgeon fishery
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Historically, Michigan’s Great Lakes and connected waterways had strong populations of lake sturgeon.
The Michigan DNR Fisheries Centennial report states that it cannot be determined how abundant sturgeon were in lakes Michigan, Superior, and Huron before commercial fishing started in earnest in the 1830s.
“Millions of pounds of sturgeon were taken in nets for many years,” the report states.
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