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Whitefish crash has Michigan fishers on the brink: ‘It makes you want to cry’

Oct 13, 2025 | Daily News

Once numbering in the thousands, now only dozens of commercial fishers remain in lakes Michigan and Huron as whitefish stock collapse; and unlike other fish crises, this one can’t be fixed by docking boats until stocks recover. Read the full story by Bridge Michigan.


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