Legal instrument

Michigan sucker-spearing restriction north of M-46 (1972–1977)

Also 1972 Michigan sucker-spearing order · April sucker-spearing restriction

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TypeLegal instrument
ErasModern era
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Summary

The Beaver Beacon summarized a Natural Resources Commission order restricting April sucker spearing and bow-and-arrow fishing in specified Lower Peninsula zones for five years beginning September 20, 1972.

Evidence and limits

This record preserves the newspaper’s legal summary and its mainland highway boundaries. It does not silently extend the rule to Beaver Island, and the held issue does not supply the original order or an enforcement record.

Sources

  1. Natural Resources Commission order summarized in Beaver Beacon, April 1973, “Restricted Sucker Spearing Season — North of M-46.”
    Summarizes an order adopted at the Commission’s August 11, 1972 meeting under Act 230, P.A. 1925: a five-year restriction beginning September 20, 1972, on taking fish by spear or bow and arrow north of M-55 in the Lower Peninsula during April, and from April 1 through April 14 between M-46 and M-55. The notice is general Michigan regulation and does not state that the geographic language directly covers Beaver Island.