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Salties Ordered to Swish and Spit

By Kari Lydersen

Zebra mussels, “bloody red shrimp,” quagga mussels and round gobies are a few of the invasive species that have hitched a ride into the Great Lakes in the ballast tanks of ships over the past half-century. These critters have devastated native organisms and infrastructure, costing billions of dollars per year in harm to the fishing industry and to water intake… return to article

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