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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 324. Natural Resources and Environmental Protection § 324.47321

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 47321. A person shall not take or catch with any kind of a net or other device used in commercial fishing in any of the waters mentioned in this part, any of the following:

(a) Largemouth black bass, Huro salmoides.

(b) Smallmouth black bass, Micropterus dolomieu.

(c) White crappie, also known as strawberry bass, Pomoxis annularis.

(d) Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus.

(e) Common sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus.

(f) Brook or speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis.

(g) Rainbow and steelhead trout, Salmo gairdnerii.

(h) Brown and Loch Leven trout, Salmo trutta.

(i) Muskellunge, Esox masquinongy.

(2) In addition to the prohibition in subsection (1), a person shall not sell or offer for sale or possess at any time any of the fish listed in subsection (1) unless otherwise provided by law. Any such fish, whether dead or alive, shall at once be returned to the waters from which taken by the person or persons taking the fish.

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