Scientists: $200M loss from Great Lakes invasives

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In this Jan. 5 2006 file photo a group of round gobies swim in an exhibit of the kinds of invasive species threatening the Great Lakes ecosystem at Chicagos Shedd Aquarium. A scientific report released Wednesday July 16 2008 says invasive species tha ...
In this Jan. 5, 2006 file photo, a group of round gobies swim in an exhibit of the kinds of invasive species threatening the Great Lakes ecosystem at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. A scientific report released Wednesday, July 16, 2008 says invasive species that reached the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing ships may cost the regional economy about $200 million a year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

(AP) -- Foreign species that slipped into the Great Lakes in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships cost the regional economy at least $200 million a year, according to a University of Notre Dame study released Wednesday.


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