Bill Text: MI SB0283 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Natural resources; inland lakes; fish stocking levels for walleye in certain areas; establish. Amends sec. 505 of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.505).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Referred To Committee On Outdoor Recreation And Tourism [SB0283 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0283-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 283

 

 

April 21, 2015, Introduced by Senator CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

 

"Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

 

by amending section 505 (MCL 324.505).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 505. (1) The department, in pursuing the state's policy

 

of propagating fish for the purpose of stocking the streams and

 

lakes of the state, shall accept federal fish stock for such

 

programs, and shall apply for all federal fish stock programs that

 

do not commit the state to future expenditures.

 

     (2) The department shall stock at least 191,859 spring walleye

 

fingerlings within fish stocking priority regions using the average

 

stocking levels in those regions from 1985 to 2001 and the

 

following guidelines:

 

     (a) The minimum stocking rate shall be 50 spring walleye

 

fingerlings per surface acre until a legal sized adult walleye

population of a minimum of 25 individual walleye of each age group

 

in the population estimate sample is sustained for 5 years.

 

     (b) For an individual lake in which the walleye population is

 

significantly lower than the average for the fish stock priority

 

region, the stocking rate shall be a minimum of 75 spring walleye

 

fingerlings per acre.

 

     (c) For an individual lake with a highly compromised walleye

 

population, the stocking rate shall be a minimum of 100 spring

 

walleye fingerlings per acre.

 

     (3) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Fingerling" means a fish between 1.50 and 2 inches in

 

length.

 

     (b) "Fish stocking priority region" means a region that meets

 

both of the following:

 

     (i) The region consists of 2 or more contiguous counties with

 

a combined population of not less than 34,000 and not more than

 

41,000 residents.

 

     (ii) The region contains at least 130 inland lakes.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.