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 ...

In its native Atlantic Ocean, sea lampreys are little more than an annoyance, parasites that latch on to large fish and whales but don’t kill them. In the Great Lakes, where they are relatively larger ...

If you've ever caught a rainbow trout from Catharine Creek or Seneca Lake, you might have noticed the ugly circular scars sported by many of the fish. Those are from the bite of parasitic sea lampreys ...

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 ...

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 ...