But here, another pesticide called TFM was painstakingly developed and, when applied to tributaries where the lamprey lingered, started wiping out the creatures and, so far as folks know ...

While it is true of the Chinook, it is equally true of the Pacific lamprey. But lamprey are quite a bit "less attractive" in most people's eyes and so their story is often unappreciated. Some people ...

The Great Lakes sea lamprey control program is tasked with targeting the invasive eel-like fish that threatens fish across the region. Credit: A. Miehls/Great Lakes Fishery Commission Sweeping ...

The Great Lakes sea lamprey control program is one service that Musk is cutting despite its significance to Ohioans. The lamprey, an invasive species, spread throughout the Great Lakes by the 1960 ...

Sweeping layoffs of federal employees have struck the program responsible for controlling the invasive sea lamprey that threatens fish across the Great Lakes, the earth’s largest freshwater ...

What prompted the program In the early 1900s, the U.S. and Canada annually harvested 15 million pounds of trout from the upper Great Lakes. By 1960, after the sea lamprey population had been in ...

Twelve fired employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and two with the U.S. Geological Survey helped control the invasive sea lamprey for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, a commission ...