Two electronic barriers separate Lake Michigan from the Chicago ship canal. If the barriers are breached, it could prove devastating to the Great Lakes region. The effort is underway to control the movement of two species of Asian carp, which are “knocking on the door,” according to Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Supervisor Tom Rozich.

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Congrats goes out to Shirley B for their win in the Manistee Super Splash (Big Boys Only!) held on 8/1-2/2006 out of Mansitee, MI.  Full resutls are included.

Big Boys results - click here

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This was a grand week for fish eaters - especially fish eaters at high risk for heart disease. The reason: A study released by the Institute of Medicine concluded that the benefits of consuming seafood at least twice a week far outweigh the risks posed by mercury and other dangerous contaminants found in many fish species.

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A federal order designed to prevent the spread of a fatal fish virus in the Great Lakes could increase the cost of live bait, cripple commercial fish farms and take a bite out of the region's $4.5 billion sport fishery.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS, issued an emergency order this week banning the interstate shipments of 37 species of live fish between the eight Great Lakes states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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