N avigational locks and gates in Chicago-area waterways crucial for shipping may be opened less frequently than usual under a $78.5 million campaign to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes, federal officials said Monday. The plan falls short of closing the navigational structures entirely, as demanded by Michigan and five other Great Lakes states. They fear the locks will provide an opening to the lakes for the giant carp, which some scientists say could devastate the region's $7 billion fishing industry. [2]

I had been in Albany just before Thanksgiving to argue the appeal, alongside some fantastic colleagues in the New York Attorney General's office. The New York appeals court's decision affirms the ruling of the trial court in our favor in June 2009, a victory I blogged about over at the Great Lakes Law Blog. [1]