Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were ...

The Great Lakes fishery is facing a significant crisis that could have far-reaching consequences for both the environment and ...

An invasive species, sea lamprey nearly drained the life out of ... At a research lab in Hammond Bay, Michigan, a team of scientists looked for a solution to the lamprey problem in chemistry.

With their eel-like bodies, vampire teeth and suction cup mouths, the main characters of a new documentary resemble something out of the "Dune" science fiction films. The sea lamprey nearly destroyed ...

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has recorded a spike of sea lampreys related to travel restrictions that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. In December, the commission, a binational agency of ...

Within a decade after the sea lamprey arrived in Lake Michigan, commercial lake trout harvests began to plummet. In 1943 Lake Michigan commercial fishermen landed 6.9 million pounds of lake trout ...

The Great Lakes Fishery's unique pest control program is close to eliminating the sea lamprey, a parasitic fish threatening ...

The DNR will hold a Feb. 13 hearing on a proposal to establish a commercial fishery for lake trout on Lake Michigan.

A new film spotlights the sea lamprey, also known as "Dracula of the Lakes," a species which pushed Great Lakes fisheries to ...

A new film explores a massive effort from scientists, governments, and small businesses to save the Great Lakes from invasive ...

in Lake Michigan in 1936, in Lake Huron in 1937 and in Lake Superior in 1946, according to the GLFC. Through the mid-1900s, the sea lamprey was a driving force in the "collapse of the Great Lakes ...