On Aug. 24, 2023, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney of the Western District of Michigan approved the proposed 2023 Great Lakes Fishing Decree. As of March 1, the decree is now in effect for the next 24 ...

As whitefish disappear from the lower Great Lakes, scientists are hatching emergency rescue plans. One idea: Taking fish out of the lakes and raising them indefinitely in ponds for safekeeping.

CHICAGO — A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled ...

HAMMOND BAY, Mich. — An invasive species, sea lamprey nearly drained the life out of the Great Lakes, latching onto its lucrative fishery with a suction cup mouth, threatening the livelihoods of the ...

Four Michigan tribes and the state and federal government renegotiated fishing rights in the Great Lakes last year, without the Sault tribe’s consent Now, the tribe is suing, arguing it can’t be held ...

For decades, officials have worried the fish could wreak disaster on the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and the ...

The Great Lakes are losing their winters to climate change. Explore the 'warming winter syndrome,' its effect on ice cover ...

Winters in the Great Lakes region are trending warmer and wetter, and annual maximum ice cover is significantly declining.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The latest Great Lakes Fishing Decree has taken effect, and its guidelines for certain Great Lakes fisheries in Michigan will be in place for the next 24 years. The decree was ...

MICHIGAN, USA — A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been ...