GLIN NEWS: 18 May 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 18 May 2009

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Detroit could cash in on cruise industry

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By spring 2010, downtown Detroit's new $15-million public docking terminal is to be ready to accept Great Lakes cruise ships that could bring hundreds of tourists to town. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/18)





Bad economy ripples down to shipbuilding

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With less need for raw iron ore at the foundries, there's less need for Great Lakes shipping. Shipping companies expect some of their vessels will start the season later or not sail at all. Source: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (5/18)





Meeting on lakes spotlights UT's gains

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Some 650 people, including many of the top Great Lakes scientists in the United States and Canada, are expected to attend this week's International Association of Great Lakes Research conference at the University of Toledo. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/18)





Commercial fishermen are coming up empty

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Commercial fishermen were able to pull more than 650,000 pounds of smelt from Lake Michigan in 2006. By 2008, that number was cut in third to just more than 208,000 pounds. So far this year, the smelt harvest has been a paltry 19,000 pounds. Source: Manitowoc Herald Times (5/17)





EDITORIAL: Lighthouse better off with county

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One can only wonder if Port Huron's leadership eventually will regret its curious decision to decline ownership of the Fort Gratiot Light Station. Source: The Times Herald (5/17)





Green Bay looks promising as developing muskie fishery

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Unlike muskie fishing on northern lakes, where spring action heats up as the water steadily warms, the opposite seems to occur on Green Bay. There is speculation, however, the fish migrate into deeper water farther out into the bay and it is only a matter of time before anglers discover that pattern and take advantage of it. Source: Appleton Post-Crescent (5/17)





Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority sends formal 'letter of interest' in move to East 55th Street

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Anxious leaders of Cleveland's port signaled formal interest Friday in moving docks and warehouses to East 55th Street, but only if the port can handle its share of the $500 million project.  Source: The Plain Dealer (5/16)





COMMENTARY: Historic Manitou lighthouse shining once again

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For more than a century the elegant lighthouse on South Manitou Island guided ships past the treacherous sandbars of Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes. On May 30, its lamp will be relit to shine once again across the storied Manitou Passage.  Source:The Holland Sentinel (5/16)





Closer lake level hearing sought

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Pressure is mounting for authors of a controversial study examining recent low water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron to do a better job of making their case to the public. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/15)





Meet Lake Superior's crunchy creatures

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In an article recently published by the International Society of Limnology, Minnesota Sea Grant researchers report that some of the smallest, crunchiest creatures in Lake Superior are pushed around by summer winds and are responding to warming surface waters. Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/15)

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