Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 308.141 (2026)
Commercial fishing within three miles of Fort Gratiot light; unlawful.
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COMMERCIAL FISHING IN LAKE HURON
Act 179 of 1935
308.141 Commercial fishing within three miles of Fort Gratiot light; unlawful.
Sec. 1.
The provisions of any statute of this state to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to take any species of fish with gill nets, pound nets, trap nets, seines, set lines or set hooks, or any other device except a hook and line, in the waters of Lake Huron at any point within a radius of 3 miles from the Fort Gratiot light, located near the entrance to the St. Clair River. No nets of any description, seines, set lines or set hooks, or any other device for that purpose, shall be set in said waters.
History: 1935, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 308.141
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1980–1980 · leading case: Nylund v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 288 N.W.2d 660 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).
Nylund v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 288 N.W.2d 660 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “92 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 308.141, 308.151 and 308.161 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, it is unlawful to use gill nets, trap nets, pound nets, seines and set hooks, except in the manner, time, area and depths hereinafter prescribed or as provided in a license…”
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