[dailynews] March 21, 2011

Great Lakes Daily News: March 21, 2011
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Scientists: VHS not causing widespread fish die-offs in Great Lakes
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Researchers say they found more cases of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) 
in the Great Lakes last year. But they did not find any big fish kills from 
the disease. Source: Superior Telegram (3/21)


Experts doubt lake tsunami a threat to nuclear plants
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Earthquake risk is moderate in eastern Ontario, but it's negligible in the 
south, where the Darlington and Pickering generating stations sit just east 
of Toronto on the edge of Lake Ontario. Source: CTV (3/21)


DNR chooses Great Lakes Muskies rather than Northerns
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to raise Great Lakes 
(spotted) muskellunge at its Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery this year, a 
change of direction from the northern muskies the department has raised in 
the past. Source: White Lake Beacon (3/21)


EDITORIAL: Smuggling carp
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Canadian officials should be commended for halting three attempts to import 
Asian carp into Canada. One wonders whether others slipped through. Source: 
Watertown Daily Times (3/21)


COMMENTARY: Why Michigan must be a leader in water technology
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Tuesday is World Water Day, so designated by the United Nations and so 
meaningless to Michigan, where we have water, water everywhere, good enough 
to drink. But here is where it should be most meaningful, on two peninsulas 
that sit in the middle of about a fifth of the world's fresh water. Source: 
Detroit Free Press (3/20)


New limit for walleye could be coming
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In recent years, fishermen have been allowed to take six walleye per day 
from Lake Erie and its tributaries after May 1. The limit this year remains 
unknown because it is largely dependent on a quota set each March by fish 
biologists from neighboring states and provinces. Source: The Columbus 
Dispatch (3/20)


Ships get warm welcome
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This week's warmer weather has been well timed, helping to rid the St. Clair 
River of ice just as Great Lakes shippers prepare to start their season. 
Source: The Times Herald (3/19)


COMMENTARY: Corps must move faster on Asian carp
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For the past three months, a growing chorus of people from across the Great 
Lakes basin has demanded that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers speed up a 
study of how best to keep Asian carp and other invasive species in the 
Mississippi River system from storming the lakes. Source: The Grand Rapids 
Press (3/19)


Feds probe chronic sewage overflows into lake, streams
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Billed as an engineering marvel and national model, Chicago's Deep Tunnel 
was designed to protect Lake Michigan from sewage overflows and put an end 
to the once-frequent practice of dumping human and industrial waste into 
local rivers. Source: Chicago Tribune (3/19)

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