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As discussed in more detail below, GLIFWC's major activities include providing 

 biological assessments of various species, monitoring the taking of fish, wildhfe and plants, 

 developing natural resource management plans and conservation codes, providing 

 conservation officers to implement tribal law with respect to off reservation areas, preparing 

 and presenting information to educate the public about the facts concerning off reservation 

 treaty rights, assisting tribal courts in addressing violations of tribal game and fish 

 management ordinances, working with state, federal and foreign governments on issues of 

 mutual concern, and providing educational opportunities for tribal members in the natural 

 resources area. All these activities are necessary to the protection of the fish, wildlife and 

 gathering resources which continue to be central to the cultural, religious and economic lives 

 of the tribal members we serve. 



II. GUFWC'S OFF-RESERVATION NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

 PROGRAM 



Biological Assessments and Resource Monitoring . GLIFWC conducts a variety of fish 

 and wildlife assessments, monitors tribal fishing, assists in tribal permitting, and provides 

 other management assistance. For example, GLIFWC performs the following: 



• Sample, monitor and prepare an annual report on tribal commercial 

 fish harvests in off-reservation areas of the 1842 ceded territory in 

 Michigan. 



• Provide technical assistance to member tribes regarding the 

 management of the intertribal fishery of Lake Superior. 



• Monitor catch of tribal fishers from inland waters in the Wisconsin and 

 Michigan ceded territories, and assist tribe in managing harvest through 

 permit systems or other means. This includes complete on-site 

 monitoring of all open water spearing and netting. 



• Provide technical assistance and advice to member tribes regarding 

 inland fishery resources, including assistance in negotiation and 

 litigation, and inter-agency cooperative management projects. 



• Conduct fish population assessments and surveys of areas that have 

 been or are likely to be fished under treaty rights. These include fall 

 electrofishing surveys during late summer and fall and mark-recapture 

 population estimates. 



• Assist member tribes in managing wildlife and wild rice harvests in the 

 ceded territories. 



OUFWC ToliDony 

 Febnuiy 18. 1993 

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