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Fight to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes reaches Supreme Court

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 22, 2009 at 7:29 am

From the Los Angeles Times:

“Reporting from Chicago – The fight to keep invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes reached the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, as Michigan’s attorney general filed a lawsuit seeking closure of two shipping locks near Chicago.

Claiming Illinois officials have been lax, Michigan Atty. Gen. Mike Cox asked justices for immediate action to seal off the most direct route for fish entering Lake Michigan, in hopes of protecting the region’s $7-billion fishing industry.

“We don’t want to have to look back years later . . . and say, ‘What was the matter with us? We should have done something,’ ” Cox said. Closing the locks, he said, was “the easiest, the most reliable and the most effective” short-term step officials could take.

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn declined to say whether he favored closing the locks, but added: “We have to protect the ecology of the Great Lakes; we also have many, many jobs that depend on shipping, so there has to be a proper balance. … “

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December 22, 2009 · Filed Under National water news

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