But she noted that even if only 10% of the 1,000 or more in Bear Creek survived to become parasites, that's at least 100 lampreys that could get into Lake Michigan and kill as much as 4,000 pounds ...

Sea lamprey populations have surged beyond target levels in all five Great Lakes, according to a 2024 report from the Great ...

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has announced the annual sea lamprey abundances are above population targets in all five ...

The shortnose cisco, a species of freshwater whitefish, likely went extinct in the Great Lakes during the 1980s, scientists ...

NEWS RELEASE GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION ************************* The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has announced the ...

Sea lampreys are an invasive fish that entered ... Although still above target, lakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie have seen flattening trends in abundance since treatments have returned to a pre ...

Lamprey larvae live in some tributaries where they transform to parasitic juveniles that migrate into the Great Lakes and kill a variety of fish. Infested tributaries are treated with lampricides on a ...

The DNR considered a similar assist to cisco populations on the Lake Michigan side ... "After 60 or 70 years of trying to control sea lamprey, we control them every year but we still haven ...

Biological invasions sometimes are seen as an inevitable result of modern life, but like other human impacts on inland waters ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — For the first time in decades, the sea lamprey population in all five Great Lakes is on the rise. Officials from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission recently warned of the ...

The DNR considered a similar assist to cisco populations on the Lake Michigan side ... "After 60 or 70 years of trying to control sea lamprey, we control them every year, but we still haven ...

The Shortnose Cisco was thought wiped out by invasive species and overfishing decades ago from where it was known to live, in ...