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Commercial FishingFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsYears of regulation may have reduced invasive species risks in the Great Lakes, study says
-Researchers have found that ballast water regulation has been key in the fight against invasive species.
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CollaborationFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLake ErieLake HuronLake MichiganLake OntarioLake SuperiorLatest NewsMichiganNewsOntarioPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsThe pandemic that closed the U.S./Canadian border to people may have opened it to the invasive sea lamprey
-Great Lakes invasive species cling to shipments and navigate canals to migrate, but one aquatic invader – sea lamprey – benefitted from border closures instead.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsForests and PlantsInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration Efforts5 Reasons to Love (and Protect) Freshwater Mussels
-These aquatic heroes do so much to keep freshwater ecosystems healthy — and we’re killing them off at a record pace.
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Algae BloomsCollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsOntarioPolicyPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeScience, Technology, ResearchU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsWater Quality and Restoration EffortsNew Ontario watercraft regulations fight invasive species
-New legislation in Ontario can result in a fine if boats are not cleaned properly when they are moved from one body of water and into another.
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Asian CarpCharles Stewart Mott Foundation PartnershipFeature HomepageFish, Birds and AnimalsInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsWith new invasive carp money, the Great Lakes learns from past invasions
-It was a year ago when Michigan fish and wildlife regulators caught wind that aquarium moss balls sold in a pet shop were infested with zebra mussels, an invasive species that has decimated Great Lakes ecosystems.
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Algae BloomsAPClimate ChangeFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLake HuronMichiganNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchWater Quality and Restoration EffortsScientists take rare look under Great Lakes’ frozen surfaces
-The field studies over the past few weeks — a collective effort known as the “Winter Grab” — were intended to boost knowledge of what happens in the five lakes when they’re covered partially or completely with ice.
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Climate ChangeCollaborationCommercial FishingFish, Birds and AnimalsIndigenous CommunitiesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLake SuperiorLatest NewsNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeProtectScience, Technology, ResearchTribal Governments and First NationsBreaking up: Ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior
-Respect for water was as much a part of Phillip Solomon’s fishing education as sawing through thick winter ice. The Anishinaabe fisherman can see how rising temperatures are changing Gitchigumi and the fish his community relies on.
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Fish, Birds and AnimalsHistory and CultureI Speak for the FishInvasive SpeciesKathy JohnsonLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismScience, Technology, ResearchI Speak for the Fish: Logperch rocking, rolling and rebounding
-How the native smallmouth bass helped save logperch – the Great Lakes’ largest darter – from the invasive round goby.
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CollaborationFish, Birds and AnimalsIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsNewsResearch, Data and TechnologyScience, Technology, ResearchShipping and PortsCargo, With a Side of Hornets, Flies and Crabs
-Global shipping is moving invasive species around the world. Can world governments agree on necessary preventative measures?
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Asian CarpBudgetFeature HomepageIllinoisIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentInfrastructureInvasive SpeciesLatest NewsMichiganNatasha BlakelyNewsU.S. Army Corps directs millions to Great Lakes coastal resiliency, Soo Locks and invasive carp barrier
-The Soo Locks are among the numerous Great Lakes projects that have been assigned federal funding.
