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The Beacon warns of bloody red shrimp spreading in the Great Lakes, 2007

Also Beaver Island bloody red shrimp invasive species 2007

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TypeEvent
Date2007-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2007-01
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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invasive-speciesenvironmentconservationfishingcommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

The January 2007 Beacon warned that half-inch “bloody red” shrimp from the Caspian Sea had entered the Great Lakes through ship ballast water and could spread through the lower food chain.

Evidence limits

The article is a reported regional warning, not a Beaver Island species survey or current distribution record.

Sources

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Sources

  1. "The Next Big Invasion: Shrimp," Beaver Beacon, January 2007.
    Reports half-inch bloody red shrimp from the Caspian Sea in the Great Lakes, identifies ballast water as the pathway, and warns of effects on the lower food chain. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the invasive-species report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon warns of bloody red shrimp spreading in the Great Lakes, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-invasive-bloody-red-shrimp-warning-2007/, accessed [date], citing "The Next Big Invasion: Shrimp," Beaver Beacon, January 2007. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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