National Public Radio: Forty years ago, fisheries biologists in Michigan dazzled the nation when they took salmon from the Pacific Ocean and planted them in the Great Lakes. Their success transformed the lakes into a sport-fishing paradise and created a multi-billion dollar industry. But now invasive species have changed the food web in the lakes. Salmon are struggling to find food, and the state might end one of its stocking programs.
Forty-five years ago, biologists in Michigan dazzled the nation. They took salmon......
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Changes In Great Lakes Threaten Transplanted Fish
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 29th, 2011
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