Bureau of Fisheries Management

The Bureau of Fisheries Management manages in-water activities and is responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and monitoring aquatic based resources such as aquatic ecosystems, sport and commercial fisheries, lakes and wetlands. The bureau develops regulations and strategies to protect habitat for fish and other aquatic life, and coordinates the state fish hatchery operations.

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• Retrieve fish stocking data (1972 to 2007) for all stocked waterbodies, by county

• Stocking information for Lake Michigan: Lake Michigan Management Reports

• Retrieve creel summaries for counties in the Ceded Territory.

• Retrieve adult walleye population estimates for counties in the Ceded Territory.

• Retrieve adult muskellunge population estimates for counties in the Ceded Territory.

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