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US Unveils Plan to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes

DOUGLAS BELKIN The Wall Street Journal 02/09/2010

Asian carp: Michigan asks Supreme Court to shut 2 corridors to Great Lakes

Joel Hood and James Janega Chicago Tribune 12/21/2009
US Unveils Plan to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes

Federal officials Monday unveiled a multi-pronged attack to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and prevent an invasion that could potentially devastate a $7 billion recreation fishing industry.

Asian carp: Michigan asks Supreme Court to shut 2 corridors to Great Lakes

The fight to keep invasive Asian carp from the Great Lakes reached the nation's highest court Monday as Michigan's attorney general sued Illinois, asking for the closing of two shipping locks near Chicago in perhaps a last-ditch effort to save the region's $7 billion fishing industry.