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House Bills 4567, 4568, and 4569 modernize Michigan’s commercial fishing regulations. The bills create a specific list of the fish species available for commercial harvest; require commercial fishers to check their nets regularly for unintended ‘bycatch’, and regulate the allowable gear in relation to the time of year and location of nets. It would also establish increased penalties for the taking, possessing or selling of specific species. The bills require the MDNR to conduct a study at least every three years to determine the allowable bycatch and adjust quotas accordingly and require commercial fishers to report GPS coordinates of their cast nets to the MDNR. The bills align Michigan specifically with Consent Decree goals related to lake trout including the restoration of self-sustaining, wild populations.
Learn more at legislature.mi.gov| Name | Party Affiliation | Chamber | District | Lifetime Score | Pro/Anti Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Carter | DEMOCRATIC | House | 1 | 90% | |
| Nate Shannon | DEMOCRATIC | House | 58 | 93% | |
| Matt Maddock | REPUBLICAN | House | 51 | 21% | |
| Annette Glenn | REPUBLICAN | House | 98 | 56% | |
| Ann Bollin | REPUBLICAN | House | 49 | 37% | |
| Phil Green | REPUBLICAN | House | 67 | 50% | |
| Luke Meerman | REPUBLICAN | House | 89 | 30% | |
| Brad Slagh | REPUBLICAN | House | 85 | 37% | |
| Jack O'Malley | REPUBLICAN | House | 101 | 63% | |
| Alex Garza | DEMOCRATIC | House | 12 | 75% | |
| Sarah Anthony | DEMOCRATIC | Senate | 21 | 97% | |
| Kara Hope | DEMOCRATIC | House | 74 | 100% | |
| Graham Filler | REPUBLICAN | House | 93 | 43% | |
| Jim Haadsma | DEMOCRATIC | House | 44 | 90% | |
| Brad Paquette | REPUBLICAN | House | 37 | 30% | |
| Angela Witwer | DEMOCRATIC | House | 76 | 87% | |
| Gary Eisen | REPUBLICAN | House | 81 | 56% | |
| Mark Huizenga | REPUBLICAN | Senate | 30 | 60% | |
| John Cherry | DEMOCRATIC | Senate | 27 | 87% | |
| Matt Hall | REPUBLICAN | House | 42 | 43% | |
| Andrea Schroeder | REPUBLICAN | House | 43 | 67% | |
| Cynthia A. Johnson | DEMOCRATIC | House | 5 | 75% | |
| Ryan Berman | REPUBLICAN | House | 39 | 44% | |
| Greg VanWoerkom | REPUBLICAN | House | 88 | 37% | |
| Rodney Wakeman | REPUBLICAN | House | 94 | 63% | |
| Laurie Pohutsky | DEMOCRATIC | House | 17 | 100% | |
| Pauline Wendzel | REPUBLICAN | House | 39 | 40% | |
| Matt Koleszar | DEMOCRATIC | House | 22 | 97% | |
| Karen Whitsett | DEMOCRATIC | House | 4 | 92% | |
| Sarah Lightner | REPUBLICAN | House | 45 | 40% | |
| Jeff Yaroch | REPUBLICAN | House | 33 | 64% | |
| Brenda Carter | DEMOCRATIC | House | 53 | 93% | |
| Mike Mueller | REPUBLICAN | House | 72 | 43% | |
| Kevin Coleman | DEMOCRATIC | House | 25 | 81% | |
| Kyra Bolden | DEMOCRATIC | House | 35 | 87% | |
| Greg Markkanen | REPUBLICAN | House | 110 | 34% | |
| Julie Brixie | DEMOCRATIC | House | 73 | 93% | |
| Rachel Hood | DEMOCRATIC | House | 81 | 97% | |
| Joe Tate | DEMOCRATIC | House | 10 | 90% | |
| Doug Wozniak | REPUBLICAN | House | 59 | 41% | |
| Mari Manoogian | DEMOCRATIC | House | 40 | 88% | |
| Lori Stone | DEMOCRATIC | House | 13 | 100% | |
| Padma Kuppa | DEMOCRATIC | House | 41 | 100% | |
| Scott VanSingel | REPUBLICAN | House | 100 | 50% | excused |
| Bronna Kahle | REPUBLICAN | House | 57 | 48% | |
| Jason Wentworth | REPUBLICAN | House | 97 | 48% | |
| Mary Whiteford | REPUBLICAN | House | 80 | 48% | |
| Terry Sabo | DEMOCRATIC | House | 92 | 76% | |
| Beau LaFave | REPUBLICAN | House | 108 | 38% | |
| David LaGrand | DEMOCRATIC | House | 75 | 92% | |
| Donna Lasinski | DEMOCRATIC | House | 52 | 96% | |
| Jim Lilly | REPUBLICAN | House | 89 | 48% | |
| Jewell Jones | DEMOCRATIC | House | 11 | 80% | |
| Ronnie Peterson | DEMOCRATIC | House | 54 | 92% | |
| Steven Johnson | REPUBLICAN | House | 72 | 29% | |
| Yousef Rabhi | DEMOCRATIC | House | 53 | 92% | |
| John Reilly | REPUBLICAN | House | 46 | 25% | |
| Daire Rendon | REPUBLICAN | House | 103 | 48% | |
| Tenisha Yancey | DEMOCRATIC | House | 1 | 79% | |
| Beth Griffin | REPUBLICAN | House | 66 | 48% | |
| Abdullah Hammoud | DEMOCRATIC | House | 15 | 100% | |
| Roger Hauck | REPUBLICAN | Senate | 34 | 33% | |
| Tommy Brann | REPUBLICAN | House | 77 | 44% | |
| Kevin Hertel | DEMOCRATIC | Senate | 12 | 89% | |
| Michele Hoitenga | REPUBLICAN | Senate | 36 | 29% | |
| Pamela Hornberger | REPUBLICAN | House | 32 | 42% | |
| Joe Bellino | REPUBLICAN | Senate | 16 | 36% | |
| Gary Howell | REPUBLICAN | House | 82 | 48% | |
| Sue Allor | REPUBLICAN | House | 106 | 63% | |
| Julie Alexander | REPUBLICAN | House | 64 | 42% | excused |
| Steve Marino | REPUBLICAN | House | 24 | 45% | |
| Thomas Albert | REPUBLICAN | Senate | 18 | 31% | |
| Tim Sneller | DEMOCRATIC | House | 50 | 88% | |
| William Sowerby | DEMOCRATIC | House | 31 | 100% | |
| Julie Calley | REPUBLICAN | House | 87 | 44% | |
| Sara Cambensy | DEMOCRATIC | House | 109 | 75% | |
| Ben Frederick | REPUBLICAN | House | 85 | 48% | |
| Diana Farrington | REPUBLICAN | House | 30 | 52% | |
| Jim Ellison | DEMOCRATIC | House | 26 | 96% | |
| Cara Clemente | DEMOCRATIC | House | 14 | 92% | |
| Darrin Camilleri | DEMOCRATIC | Senate | 4 | 95% |