The Great Lakes Fishery Commission said non-native predatory sea lamprey populations spiked due to reduced control during the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission said numbers rose when field crews were ...
LANSING – A recently discovered chemical compound that makes it difficult for invasive sea lamprey to find their breeding grounds may be a new tool for controlling a parasite that threatens Great ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has recorded a spike of sea lampreys related to travel restrictions that occurred during the ...
ANN ARBOR, MI — Great Lakes fishery managers are moving a suite of new sea lamprey control tools into broader use after early tests sharply reduced reproduction of the invasive predator in several ...
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First the bad news: sea lampreys exceeded abundance targets in 2024 in all five Great Lakes. Now the silver linings: the findings weren't a surprise, the reason is well understood and the coming years ...
The U.S. and Canada collectively spend tens of millions of dollars per year to fight invasive, sport fish-attacking sea lamprey in the Great Lakes, a control effort that's spanned generations. But ...
More than 60 years after invasive sea lamprey began decimating Lake Superior lake trout, restoration efforts have successfully returned this native freshwater fish to the lake. Both a keystone species ...
Adult lamprey develop ring-shaped mouths, which they use to suck the blood from native fish. The number of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes has gone down after regular control and treatment ...
Invasive sea lampreys prey on most species of large Great Lakes fish such as lake trout, brown trout, lake sturgeon, lake whitefish, ciscoes, burbot, walleye and catfish. These species are crucial to ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes surged because treatments were limited.