Great Lakes Videos: August 26, 2011 For links to these videos and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ Great Lakes Aquarium no longer in debt; looking to the future ------------------------------------------------- Duluth City Council members agreed to pay off the Great Lakes Aquarium's more than $129,000 utility bill. Aquarium officials say paying off that last piece of debt will allow them to spend more than $3 million dollars in new exhibits. Source: KQDS-TV - Duluth, MN (1/18) Shipping season shows promise ------------------------------------------------- The shipping industry in Green Bay may be making a comeback. Numbers released Wednesday show more than two million metric tons of freight moved through the port last year, an increase of 25 per cent. The port manager says it's a sign, the economy is picking up. Source: WGBA-TV - Green Bay, WI (1/18) Aerial America: On the shores of the Great Lakes ------------------------------------------------- Surrounded by four of America's Great Lakes, Michigan has more shoreline than any other state, and each of its shores has its own unique landscape. Source: Smithsonian Channel (1/18) Seth Green research boat ------------------------------------------------- ln the 1960's New York State undertook an extensive program to try and manage Lake Ontario to restock the trout and salmon. For a region where the fishing industry is crucial to New York State, the Seth Green is the ultimate research vessel for restoring the trout and salmon in the Great Lake. Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (1/11)