 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Brine-shrimp harvest brings in big bucks
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In a landlocked state 600 miles from the nearest ocean, fleets of
commercial fishermen compete for a creature that in spite of its
minuscule size makes for quite a fish tale.
Brine shrimp, or artemia, are one of the few organisms that can
live in Utah's Great Salt Lake, which has a salt content as much as
five times that of the ocean. The tiny creatures -- which resemble
feathery, nearly transparent bugs pulsating in the water -- grow to
less than a half-inch in length as adults. Under...
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Elevated mercury levels found in lake
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; ... Lakekeeper organization, said in a sheet given to the Deseret Morning News that biological samples showed adult brine shrimp and eared grebes ... the eggs are put into water. Nielson told the Deseret Morning News Thursday that a USGS fact sheet discusses mercury content in ...
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Utah Brine Shrimp Feed Asia Industry.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News KUANTAN, Malaysia--May 24--Sprawling across a swampy coastal plain overlooking the South China Sea is a bustling aquaculture operation ...
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Shrimp Catch Increases, but Quality Down in Utah.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--Never before has a brine shrimp season produced such an abundant harvest ... 2003, The Salt Lake Tribune. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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HOW & WHY
The Boston Globe
; Q. n December, we started growing Sea-Monkeys. We never thought they would live, but they're thriving. What, exactly, are Sea-Monkeys? J.M., Wilmington A. The scientific name is Artemia nyos, says Joseph Piatkowski, operations manager for Basic Fun Inc., a private company based in Huntingdon
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