NOTE TO EDITORS AND INTERESTED PARTIES: A press event announcing an industry-led "Great Ships Initiative "to address invasive species problems associated with the commercial shipping industry on the Great Lakes, will take place at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority building, 1200 Port Terminal Drive, Duluth, MN. The event is open to the public.
Duluth, MN, and Superior, WI, U.S.A. - Leaders of over a dozen major U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes ports will be joined by scientists and federal agency officials at Duluth/Superior harbor to announce an industry-led "Great Ships Initiative." This $3.5 million effort will focus on developing and implementing shipboard treatment technology necessary to prevent the introduction of aquatic nuisance species into the Great Lakes by ocean-going ships.http://great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/last30days/msg05222.html
Twenty years after the zebra mussel, the same year New Zealand mudsnails were confirmed in this same harbor -- and now we're seeing an effort to develop shipboard technology to stop invasive species? It would be much more convincing if this media opportunity announced that all Great Lakes-going vessels have completed implementation of said technology. Enough news conferences about bold new programs.
Posted by Dave at July 12, 2006 09:09 AM