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James Oberstar: “Again, it is not just the Great Lakes, it's the saltwater ports as well. Our colleagues on the west coast for many…”

On the recordApril 24, 2008
Again, it is not just the Great Lakes, it's the saltwater ports as well. Our colleagues on the west coast for many years, I remember in the seventies and eighties, were saying, what are you worried about invasive species for? Then curious creatures began to appear in the waters of the ports on the west coast from ballast water discharged in those ports from vessels leaving the Pacific Rim, from Japan to Korea to the South China Sea. So this is a unified effort here.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of invasive species on U.S. ports and the need for a unified response.

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