The Salt Lake Tribune

‘If the Great Salt Lake went away, the world would be poorer for it’: How Utah’s terminal lake helps feed the world

Nobody grows up thinking they’ll work in the brine shrimp industry. At least Timothy Hawkes, a self-described “accidental sea monkey lawyer,” didn’t. He stumbled into the job of legal counsel for the ...

Opinion: Aquaculture expansion matters for Utah’s economy and communities

Expanding U.S. aquaculture production will strengthen food security and create jobs even here in Utah. But legislation is ...
CNN

A tiny, 600,000-year old shrimp is now Utah’s official state crustacean

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed House Bill 137 into law March 17, according to the legislature’s website. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on February 17 and the state Senate on March ...
KSL

The remarkable resilience of Utah's state crustacean

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Standard-Examiner

Rep. Lesser lauds brine shrimp bill, says grocery tax issue may emerge in ’24

From left, Utah Sen. Jen Plumb; students Shayla Sissoko, Jameson Hunt and Camila Reza of Emerson Elementary in Salt Lake City; and Rep. Rosemary Lesser. The two lawmakers sponsored legislation sought ...
fox13now

Brine shrimp forecast for Great Salt Lake looks good, state officials say

SALT LAKE CITY — Some good news economically — and ecologically — for the Great Salt Lake. A forecast by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is giving "good" chances for the annual brine shrimp ...
KSL

Brine shrimp cyst collection at Great Salt Lake up over 50%. Is the berm to thank?

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Standard-Examiner

Great Salt Lake brine shrimp population increases as lake reaches healthy levels

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about ...
NPR

Utah has named the brine shrimp the official state crustacean

The tiny critters are found around the world — in Utah they're in the Great Salt Lake. Brine shrimp provide food for fish and commercially grown shrimp — a multi-million dollar industry in Utah. Good ...
fox13now

The surprising history and sexualization of Great Salt Lake's brine shrimp

Jaimi Butler started her career as the only woman on a brine shrimp harvesting rig on Great Salt Lake. Butler has since made a name for herself as a Great Salt Lake scientist, an advocate, writer, and ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Great Salt Lake managers raise causeway berm in effort to stave off rising salinity

The Great Salt Lake is so dry, and its water so salty, that resource managers have partially closed a breach in a railroad causeway to stem the flow of hypersaline water between the north and south ...