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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — The population of ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Invasive sea lamprey treatment across the Great Lakes may fall victim this year to the Trump administration’s aggressive moves to slash the federal workforce. Cuts to probationary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...