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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most significant invasive species threats to Great Lakes sportfish, sea lamprey, is on the decline after experiencing a ...

Invasive sea lampreys still threaten the Great Lakes ecosystem and $5 billion fishing industry. Barriers and lampricides are effective lamprey controls, but new supplemental controls can help ...

MENOMINEE COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - The annual work to cull sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes will begin in the Upper Peninsula in just under two weeks. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Invasive sea lampreys pose a threat to Lake Erie's fish populations, particularly lake trout and steelhead. Warmer waters in Lake Erie accelerate the lampreys' maturation, increasing their impact on ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study shows that after sea lamprey control efforts were stopped or scaled back during the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasive species surged on the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are a parasite, feeding ...

One of the most significant invasive species threats to Great Lakes sportfish, sea lamprey, is on the decline after experiencing a surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, when efforts to control the ...