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 ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU)— A new study by local fishing agencies has unveiled a promising method to control the invasive sea lamprey population in the Great Lakes. Traditionally, sea lamprey ...

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 ...

Federal and Canadian officials recently said they expect sea lamprey numbers in all the Great Lakes to exceed target numbers — sometimes by large amounts — in the coming years because of treatment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...