The most recent issue of Minnesota Sea Grant's newsletter is now online here: http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/ Topics include: The Seaway Turns 50! The modern Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System has supported maritime trade for 50 years, but there's more to the story. Read about a "remarkable engineering feat and model of binational cooperation." Trout, Ciscoes, and Shrimp: News from the Serrated Edge of Science Life in the pelagic zone of Lake Superior clearly has its ups and downs. Learn how Great Lakes research is accomplished and why light and predator pressure sends some species to the lake floor. Stout Trout Eyed for Market Siscowet lake trout were a topic of debate at a workshop this summer. The fatty fish might be abundant enough in Lake Superior to commercially harvest. But would such a fishery be sustainable and economically feasible? Digging up Our Neighbors' Dirt A stormwater research project gets underway in a Duluth neighborhood. Survey Captures Maritime Industry Thoughts on Climate Change People working in the Great Lakes shipping industry are aware of how climate change predictions might affect their businesses but are not sure how to prepare for an uncertain future. ....and more! _ _ "Superior Science for You!" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20091006/1d5479cc/attachment.html