March 4, 2014 — To increase and broaden public input on statewide fisheries issues and facilitate dialogue between various fisheries interests, the Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Conservation Congress are forming a new fisheries advisory group that meets for the first time March 29.
The new group, called the Wisconsin Fisheries Advisory Council, will bring together representatives from diverse statewide fishing groups, as well as representatives from the fishing business community and tourism. In addition to groups such as Walleyes for Tomorrow and Trout Unlimited, angling groups aimed at bringing new people to fishing will be represented as well, including Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, Wisconsin Women Fish and the Hmong American Sportsmen Club.
The group will advise DNR's fisheries management board and the Wisconsin Conservation Congress on statewide issues, including DNR's long-term fisheries plan, biennial budgeting, and balancing angling groups' sometimes competing desires and priorities for their favorite fish species, said Mike Staggs, DNR's fisheries director.
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