12-26-2004, 05:14 PM
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#003366]Owner identification required on ice shanties[/#003366][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#003366]Contact: [/#003366][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black]Lt. Thomas Courchaine 906-875-6622[/black][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#003366]Agency:[/#003366][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black]Natural Resources[/black][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black]December 20, 2004
Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials today reminded ice fishing enthusiasts that names and addresses must be affixed to ice shanties placed on public water bodies again this winter.
State law requires the shanty owner’s name and address be permanently affixed on all sides of the structure before it is placed out on the ice. The name and address cannot be placed on a sign board which can be removed. Rather, the name and address must be painted or lettered in some way so that it cannot be taken off the structure. The information must be provided in legible, waterproof lettering at least two inches high.
"Each winter we end up with a few unidentified shanties left on the ice at the end of the season, when it is not safe to retrieve them," said Lt. Thomas Courchaine, DNR Law Enforcement Supervisor for the western Upper Peninsula. "When the ice melts, these structures sink and become not only hazards to boaters but they also become unsightly and unsafe litter problems as well."
Those shanties that lack proper identification will be subject to confiscation by DNR officers and removed from the ice. Their owners will be subject to fines plus the cost of removal. Those found using unidentified shanties also can be cited.
Tents or other temporary shelters that are removed from the ice each day do not require identification. All shanties must be removed if ice conditions become unsafe.
For more information, refer to the [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364-89856--,00.html"]Michigan Fishing Guide[/url] or contact any DNR office.[/black][/font]
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[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#003366]Contact: [/#003366][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black]Lt. Thomas Courchaine 906-875-6622[/black][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][#003366]Agency:[/#003366][/font] [font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black]Natural Resources[/black][/font]
[font "arial, helvetica, sans-serif"][black]December 20, 2004
Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials today reminded ice fishing enthusiasts that names and addresses must be affixed to ice shanties placed on public water bodies again this winter.
State law requires the shanty owner’s name and address be permanently affixed on all sides of the structure before it is placed out on the ice. The name and address cannot be placed on a sign board which can be removed. Rather, the name and address must be painted or lettered in some way so that it cannot be taken off the structure. The information must be provided in legible, waterproof lettering at least two inches high.
"Each winter we end up with a few unidentified shanties left on the ice at the end of the season, when it is not safe to retrieve them," said Lt. Thomas Courchaine, DNR Law Enforcement Supervisor for the western Upper Peninsula. "When the ice melts, these structures sink and become not only hazards to boaters but they also become unsightly and unsafe litter problems as well."
Those shanties that lack proper identification will be subject to confiscation by DNR officers and removed from the ice. Their owners will be subject to fines plus the cost of removal. Those found using unidentified shanties also can be cited.
Tents or other temporary shelters that are removed from the ice each day do not require identification. All shanties must be removed if ice conditions become unsafe.
For more information, refer to the [url "http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10364-89856--,00.html"]Michigan Fishing Guide[/url] or contact any DNR office.[/black][/font]
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