In December 2025, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved to reduce commercial fishing quotas for whitefish in Lake Michigan by 40% in response to a dramatic population decline. Those quotas went into effect at the beginning of this year. Read the full story by Wisconsin Public Radio.
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