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July 21, 2008
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- ballastwater, fish, invasivespecies, VHS
The Washington Post reports that viral hemorrhagic septicemia, a disease often described as “fish ebola,” has been discovered in southern Lake Michigan and a reservoir in Ohio. Hemorrhagic septicemia is an invasive species, most likely brought into the great lakes in...continued→
October 5, 2007
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution
, Reviving the World's Oceans
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- ballastwater, cleanwateract, invasivespecies
One of the biggest threats to aquatic ecosystems in the United States--and to the Great Lake's in particular--is the introduction of foreign species (everything ranging from plants, to fish, to microscopic organisms) into our waters by transoceanic ships. These vessels take on...continued→
