Michigan TU General Policy Concerning Aquaculture: Michigan TU does not support aquaculture in Michigan or the Great Lakes unless it is strictly regulated in a way that ensures no harm to Michigan’s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. This means that regulations for aquaculture must ensure that no impacts occur from this activity, and that all risks posed are eliminated. Private operations must not be subsidized by the public by allowing negative impacts or diminishment of our natural resources or the existing uses and benefits provided by our natural resources; nor shall the risks posed by aquaculture operations put our natural resources and their uses in any jeopardy.
- Joint Netpen Aquaculture Resolution
- Michigan TU net pen comments to QOL
- Michigan TU’s Comments on Great Lakes Net Penning
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission Advisors Call for Comprehensive Regulations Prior to Expansion of Net Pen Aquaculture in the Great Lakes
- MLive Article – Battle brewing over fish farming in Great Lakes
- WKAR Current State Radio Invterview, November 2, 2015
- WKAR Current State Radio Invterview, September 15, 2015
- WKAR Current State Radio Invterview, September 8, 2014
- State of Michigan Reports on Aquaculture Development
- Video of the Net Pen Reports Public Hearing, November 2015
Includes testimony from Dr. Howard Tanner – Father of Great Lakes Recreational Fishing Boom - Detroit Free Press – September 28, 2015
- Detroit Free Press – October 29, 2015
- Detroit Free Press – January 10, 2016
- Detroit Free Press – October 22, 2015
- Commercial Net-Pen Aquaculture in the Great Lakes Public Input and Comment
- TU Environmental Risks of Net-Pen Aquaculture
Protecting Michigan’s Great Lakes, Rivers and Sport Fishing Industry