![Great Lakes advocates say that commercial net-pen fish farming, pictured above, does not belong in Michigan’s public waters.](https://forloveofwater-wp-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/netpen-150x150.jpg)
![Great Lakes advocates say that commercial net-pen fish farming, pictured above, does not belong in Michigan’s public waters.](https://forloveofwater-wp-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/netpen-150x150.jpg)
Opinion on Aquaculture by Bill Schuette, Attorney General
Since our A.G. has emphasized the importance of public trust in the Great Lakes and navigable lakes and streams, including Great Lakes, we’ve analyzed the doctrine, applied it to fish farming in Great Lakes, and the answer is: it cannot be authorized under the public trust doctrine, not even by legislative amendment to expand the… Read more »