The coal trade on the Great Lakes declined 8.2% in 2012 from the previous year, and down a quarter off the 5-year-averge -- in large part due to falling water levels and a $200 million backlog in necessary dredging throughout the lakes, according to the Lake Carriers' Association.
-- Commercial fishing boats are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate some harbors, risking a downturn in a vital part of the Great Lakes economy, said Mark Breederland, an educator with Michigan SeaGrant, which works with coastal communities on water-level issues, among other things.
-- Charter boat operations and other businesses in coastal communities that depend on tourism fear the impact lower water levels will have from spring to fall, when tens of thousands of people flow into the state to boat, fish, eat out and shop.
The Brief Summary: The coal trade on Lake Michigan decrease from 8.2% in 2012. In the previous years, it was a quarter off from five year average. When the water kept decreasing, the fishermen have a hard time to fish and couldn't afford to sell salmons from stores or any areas.
The another information that i heard from this article is that when the Great Lake is decreasing around the lake, that's why we haven't get a chance to have snow or rain.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/13/us/great-lakes-low-water/index.html
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