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In a new study, scientists created a top 10 list of the worst invasive species in the Great Lakes. The team of scientists from Michigan Sea Grant, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Michigan follows the federal ballast water management standards set by the United States Coast Guard and the National Invasive Species Act of 1996. Michigan state law requires that all vessels and watercraft that operate on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are to report their compliance with the ballast water management standards.
In 2008, the threat of quagga mussels being introduced at Lake Casitas and Westlake Lake in California from recreational boating resulted in the lakes' banning the use of outside boats. [22] As of March 2008, other lakes such as Castaic and Lake Cachuma are considering similar bans. In June 2008, the mussels were confirmed in Lake Granby, Colorado.
The project costs more than $1.1 billion, which many say is a small price to protect the multi-billion dollar fishing and recreation industries.
The American burying beetle, extinct in Michigan and listed as endangered in the United States. There are six species of threatened beetles in Michigan. Of these, three are species of special concern, one is threatened and one is endangered. One additional species is extinct in Michigan, although it previously had a viable population in the state.
The Shortnose Cisco was thought wiped out by invasive species and overfishing decades ago from where it was known to live, in Lakes Michigan and Huron. Great Lakes fish thought extinct for decades ...
State officials encourage residents to report potential sightings of invasive carp in the Great Lakes to the DNR. Reports can be submitted online at the DNR's website or to the DNR's fisheries ...
Freshwater bivalve species vary greatly in size. Some pea clams (genus Pisidium) have an adult size of only 3 mm (0.12 in). In contrast, one of the largest species of freshwater bivalves is the swan mussel from the family Unionidae; it can grow to a length of 20 cm (7.9 in), and usually lives in lakes or slow-flowing rivers.