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Fisheries committee I think that's largely a volunteer program.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee It's probably most valuable in keeping invasive species that have gotten into the Great Lakes from getting farther inland. As you know, that's the second level of the problem, which is also important. This is mostly looking for things that we already know are here, so it's not a
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee The short answer is yes, there is quite a bit of coordination. On the particular issue of rapid response, the idea there is that because we might be dealing with international waters, permission might have to be obtained from both sides. That's why we're trying to get those mecha
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee We can take advantage of that.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee I can give that a stab, if you like. I don't think it's inevitable, but I don't think it's unlikely either. It's a real risk. Even if we went for a physical barrier, which many people are seriously advocating, as I understand it, it might be a decade or two before it's actually
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee Well, people are; there are certainly people who are advocating the physical barrier. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, I can't help but believe, are drawing up the plans and estimating the costs. That will be part of this document that we're all waiting to see in the near futu
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee I could give that a stab.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee I think what that probably refers to is the movement of fish to places where they didn't previously exist, either by government agencies in some cases or by well-meaning but misguided individuals. So we have damaged a lot of fish populations and environments by moving fish around
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee Right. I would agree with that, as a sport fisherman.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee But as Commissioner Comuzzi stated, some of the problematic species that we already have or could come, like the European carp or the Asian carp, were brought here intentionally by well-meaning individuals.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee Not directly in the Great Lakes yet.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee There have been successful eradications of invasive species in bodies of water in the Great Lakes basin, in smaller lakes and so forth, at least on the U.S. side, that I'm aware of.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee I've heard a little bit about it. It would involve creating a pellet of the correct size that they would likely ingest. They are filter-feeders. So you could imagine such a pellet. You could design a toxic pellet. But even more high-tech, it's possible that you could create a coa
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee Yes, thank you, Joe. But it's not beyond the realm of possibility, and people are working exactly on that.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor
Fisheries committee I haven't read it, but they sound like very sensible measures.
June 6th, 2012Committee meeting
Dr. William Taylor