GLIN==> The Solstice Seiche

Happy Holidays from Minnesota Sea Grant!

Between celebrating the return of the sun, the lunar eclipse, and other 
December festivities, we invite you to enjoy the Solstice Seiche, the 
December issue of Minnesota Sea Grant's newsletter. You can find it 
online at:

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newsletter/


Contents include:

*Next to Naught: Cleansing Ballast Water
*An ongoing conversation about installing ballast water treatment 
systems on board Great Lakes vessels includes a long, hard look into the 
state of technology and science.

*Genetic Biocontrol ? The Future of Managing Invasive Fish?
*Symposium goers discussed genetic engineering as a tool for controlling 
invasive fish. Invited speakers included Australians working on the 
Daughterless Carp Program.

*Readers Want to Know
*Whales in Lake Superior? Really?

*Take-home Messages
*11 in 8 months! Ever-so-brief insights from the 11 conferences we 
helped sponsor since May 2010.

*Mud Management: The Island and the Superfund Site
*Moving sediment in the St. Louis River became a lesson in cooperative 
remediation.

*Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
*$1.7 million commits Minnesota Sea Grant staff to aquatic invasive 
species outreach and extending information about Great Lakes beaches.

*Staff Updates
*Kitson joins Minnesota Sea Grant and Herrera earns a $23,000 fellowship.

*Commercial Fishing Stimulates Coastal Economy by $41 Million
*An economic study conducted through the University of Minnesota Duluth 
reports that harvesting fish from Lake Superior and processing fish 
along Minnesota?s North Shore considerably boosts the local economy.

*Out and About
*Uganda, tall ships, and data buoys? snapshots of our lives.**

*Did Ja Know?
*The U.S. Coast Guard and coastal communities practice responding to 
fuel spills.

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Sea Grant is looking forward to bringing you more Superior Science in 
2011.  Until then, we're wishing you all the best of the season.
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