Shrimp joins Great Lakes invader list

[News]

Eight years ago, Canadian researchers predicted a species of bug-eyed shrimp was a likely ballast water invader. In November, it was discovered that the small, orange invader has arrived in the Great Lakes.

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[GLF]

This is invader # 183

[NO MO BEGGEN]

why are shrimp a bad thing wont the perch and walleye eat them that sounds almost like a good thing. i hear of people useing shrimp for perch bait

[CaptLevi]

Where's Forrest Gump when ya need him?

[GLF]

why are shrimp a bad thing wont the perch and walleye eat them that sounds almost like a good thing. i hear of people useing shrimp for perch bait

"The problem is the shrimp themselves feed on tiny zooplankton and phytoplankton that directly or indirectly sustain the Great Lakes native fish species"

Guess what alewives eat?

Where's Forrest Gump when ya need him?

I thought the exact same thing. Bubba Gump Shrimp!