Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage
Click on photos below for more information about these historic fishing vessels and the people from our communities that worked on them. Then come see the actual restored vessels on display at the museum! The exhibit also includes the role of invasive species on the Great Lakes commercial fisheries. To learn more, visit the gift shop at the museum to pick up "Invaders" and watch a video on the Besser Museum YouTube channel.
The Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Consortium
The Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Consortium reflects the work of a statewide network of organizations collaborating beyond restoration and preservation of fisheries heritage artifacts to envision and implement strategies for how these assets can be more ambitiously leveraged in advancing coastal tourism, community development, and Great Lakes literacy and stewardship through education and interpretation.
To see a map of fisheries resources, click here:
To learn more, visit the Michigan Sea Grant Website:
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/explore/fisheries/great-lakes-fisheries-heritage-trail/