MCBA - Members Area http://www.michigancharterboats.com/members/wordpress Need Help? Why not attend the annual meeting? Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:43:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 40 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE By Capt. Terry R. Walsh The Michigan Charter Boat Association celebrated 40 Years of Excellence at its Annual Conference held the third weekend of October at the Doubletree Hotel in Holland, MI.  Well over 100 captains and their wives, first mates, dignitaries, congress representatives, state fisheries biologists, the United States Coast ... http://www.michigancharterboats.com/members/wordpress/2011/12/17/1407/ Lake Michigan crews give coho, Chinook a hand to spawn success http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/crews-give-coho-and-chinook-a-hand-to-spawn-success-133127638.html Invasive Species on the Move: the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins http://www.michigancharterboats.com/members/wordpress/2011/10/28/invasive-species-on-the-move-the-great-lakes-and-mississippi-river-basins/ Research buoy testing winds in the middle of Lake Michigan An eight ton research buoy is out gathering wind data in Lake Michigan. The one-point-three million-dollar buoy launched in Muskegon today (Friday) will collect detailed wind data over the next ten years. Chris Hart is an Offshore Wind Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy. He says there’s only three ... http://www.michiganradio.org/post/research-buoy-testing-winds-middle-lake-michigan N.Y. Ballast Water Regulations Under Fire http://www.michigancharterboats.com/members/wordpress/2011/09/29/three-state-governors-want-n-y-ballast-water-regulations-eased/ New A.G. Coalition Tells Congress: Put Army Corps to Work and Close Chicago Waterways 17-State Anti-Invasive Species Coalition Tells Congressional Leaders to Pass Legislation Shaving Three Years Off the Current Plan LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced that the newly formed national coalition of seventeen attorneys general fighting the spread of Asian carp and other aquatic invasive species though Chicago waterways have ... http://www.michigancharterboats.com/members/wordpress/2011/09/28/new-a-g-coalition-tells-congress-put-army-corps-to-work-and-close-chicago-waterways-2/ Federal wildlife officials search area rivers for sea lamprey larvae http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20110920/NEWS01/109200304/Crews-explore-rivers-invasive-species Cormorant Numbers Decreasing in Michigan, Great Lakes Cormorant Numbers Decreasing in Michigan, Great Lakes The number of cormorant nests in Michigan has been decreasing since population reduction actions were implemented in 2004, the Department of Natural Resources announced today. Cormorants, which were increasing in numbers throughout the 1980s and 1990s, have been blamed for declining sport fisheries in a ... http://www.michigancharterboats.com/members/wordpress/2011/09/15/cormorant-numbers-decreasing-in-michigan-great-lakes/ Whitefish catches on: Fresh from the Great Lakes, it’s local and good for you http://www.mlive.com/food/index.ssf/2011/09/whitefish_catches_on_fresh_fro.html Attorney Generals sign on to split Great Lakes from Mississippi http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iFgGIuXTKa2XYdzwceCuEoIYa9xQ?docId=c387232c817d4d609d131ab08e1503f3