GREAT LAKES INDIAN FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION ORDER
Order No. 2026-02
Wisconsin 1837 and 1842 Ceded Territory Large Mouth and Small Mouth Bass Bag Limits Amendments
This Commission Order amends the Tribes’ large mouth and small mouth bass fishing regulations for the Wisconsin portion of the 1837 and 1842 ceded territory pursuant to the authority granted by §3.33 of the Model Off-Reservation Conservation Codes (hereinafter “MORCC”). These amendments modify the existing bag limit of 10 per person/day for “intensive fishing methods” as regulated in the MORCC to a bag limit of “none,” subject to the species quota trigger levels that remain in effect or any Tribal Quota for large mouth and small mouth bass for the corresponding water body or stream segment.
Sec. 1: Authority and Applicability; Terms Used and Definitions
Subd. 1: This Order is issued in accordance with MORCC § 3.33(1)(c) of the MORCC that authorizes the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Executive Administrator to issue Commission Orders on various topics upon agreement with the State.
Subd. 2: Terms used in the MORCC shall be given the meaning set forth in the MORCC when used in this Order.
Sec. 2: Pertinent Portions of the MORCC and Parties’ Stipulations.
Subd. 1: The MORCC § 9.05(3)(a) table is amended from the current bag limit of 10 per person/day for open water spearing to read “none,” subject to MORCC § 9.06 (open water spearing), § 9.07 (nets except gillnets), or § 9.08 (gillnetting on lakes 1,000 acres or larger).
Subd. 2: These amendments to MORCC’s large mouth and small mouth bass bag limit regulations for intensive fishing methods are in accordance with the existing provisions of the LCO v. Wisconsin case and do not require provisions of the relevant stipulations to be temporarily superseded.
Sec. 3: Reservation of Each Tribe’s Authority.
Subd. 1: Nothing in this Order is intended to, or shall be construed to, limit the authority of each Tribe to establish large mouth and small mouth bass bag limits or other measures that are more restrictive than provided in this Order.
Subd. 2: Upon the issuance of this Order, unless a Tribe chooses to adopt more restrictive measures, the regulations established herein shall be the Tribe’s regulations as provided in each Tribe’s Code.
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