New invader found in Great Lakes (11/5/16) <http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/special-reports/great-lakes/2016/11/04/new-invader-found-great-lakes/93296222/>
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Dan Egan): In 2008, the U.S. government followed
Canada's lead and began requiring overseas ships sailing up the St. Lawrence
Seaway to flush their ship-steadying ballast tanks with mid-ocean saltwater to
prevent new species invasions of the Great Lakes. The shipping industry has
hailed the program as a remarkable success, pointing out that no new invasive
species have been discovered in the lakes since that time. That can no longer
be said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last week a new species
has been discovered in the Great Lakes<https://www.epa.gov/great-lakes-monitoring/thermocyclops-crassus>
— the first since 2006 — bringing the tally of non-native organisms in the
lakes to at least 186…..
