This brochure provides information about common non-native animal species sold in the aquarium and nursery trades, as well as tips for preventing their spread into native ecosystems.

This brochure provides aquarium hobbyists with a list of potentially harmful non-native mollusk species to avoid using, as well as better alternatives.

Overview of funded research in Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant in 2016

Feature Headlines

• Forecast Calls for Windy City Winter Blues
• Invasive Mussel Impacts: It’s Complicated
• Nearshore Food Web is an East-west Story
• Student Scientists Explore Real-world Issues
• New Tool Helps Planners Steer Clear of Tipping Points

Feature Headlines

• Indiana Bans 28 Invasive Aquatic Plants
• 500 New Aquaculture Businesses Grow in Africa
• Doing Real Science Inspires Great Lakes Students
• Consumers Would Pay More for U.S. Seafood
• Large Sprawling Yards can Lean to More Runoff

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• Strategies for Water Conservation: Is the Price Right?
• Wingspread Accord Expands its Reach
• Restoration Master Plans Build on Community Clean Ups
• SOLEC Spotlights Great Lakes Nearshore Conditions
• Invasive Hydroid may Strain Food Source of Young Fish

Feature Headlines

• COSEE Great Lakes to Boost Science Education
• Shedd Aquarium Opens Great Lakes Invader Exhibit
• Legacy Act Brings Hope to Great Lakes Communities
• Sea Grant Academy
• IISG Knauss Fellows go to Washington
• Historical Lake Levels Offer Insight into Future Lows
• Stream Restoration Workshops Get Real-World Test

Feature Headlines

• The Troubled Youth of Yellow Perch
• Great Lakes Monitoring Provides Management Cues
• Consortium to Plan for Tri-state Water Supply
• Find Your Niche in Aquaculture
• New IISG Research Addresses Coastal Concerns
• Camping Out with Sea Grant
• New Curriculum Guide Premiers in Chicago
• Reporting New Aquatic Invaders is a Mouse Click Away

Feature Headlines

• Water-Wealthy/Water Poor
• Charlebois Indentifies New Invader
• IISG Goes to Brazil: An Interview with LaDon Swann
• NiSource and IISG Team Up to Fund Environmental Projects
• The Forecast for E. coli is….