Legislative / Judicial Committee
Type of Committee: Special / Ad-Hoc
Purpose:
- To work with the appropriate agencies (Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC), Natural Resources Commission (NRC)) and legislators to increase penalties and restitution for illegally taking a sturgeon
- To meet and request of local prosecutors and judges to prosecute all poaching cases to the fullest extent of the law
- Follow the progress of any active cases and request to be allowed to make a statement before the judge of the case or make a statement to the pre-sentence investigator.
GOALS:
- To see that anyone who poaches sturgeon is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
OBJECTIVES:
- Closely monitor the progress of any court cases involving sturgeon.
- Communications with Report All Poaching (RAP) hot-line, the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Department, Michigan State Police, United States Coast Guard Investigative Services (USCGIS) and Civil Air Patrol during Annual Sturgeon Guarding Program.
- REWARD – Local sport and fishing organizations, MDNR as well as this group will institute a reward fund for person(s) supplying information leading to the arrest and conviction of poachers.
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