| Conservation Groups Want Salties Out Of The Great Lakes |
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| Tuesday, 14 August 2007 13:29 | |||
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A group of 90 conservation organizations are calling for a ban on ocean-going vessels in the Great Lakes, citing a number of invasive species that have been introduced to the region via the salties' ballast water. Research by the organizations show that for every $1 in economic benefit generated by the ocean-going vessels, their contaminated ballast water costs the Great Lakes region $100 in environmental damage. In addition to non-native fish and wildlife, such as the zebra mussel, the lamprey and the ruffe, salties also deliver invasive plant species, viruses and bacteria that destroy native species and damage the Great Lakes ecosystem. Click Read More for a link to the full story From the Toronto Globe and Mail: What travels to Canada in ocean freighters? Vessels awash in controversy as environmentalists say they transport foreign species and should be banned from the Great Lakes MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT From Monday's Globe and Mail August 13, 2007 at 4:20 AM EDT Ocean freighters have long been fixtures on the Great Lakes, but they're being buffeted by an unusual environmental storm. Many wildlife conservationists have begun to view the ships as enemy No. 1, blaming them for wreaking havoc on the fragile ecosystem of the Great Lakes by introducing many of its worst foreign-invader species, establishing flora and fauna in the world's largest continuous body of freshwater that resemble places as distant as the Black Sea and China
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