The Pacific lamprey is a prized food source for both marine mammals and the tribes of the Columbia River Basin due to its calorie-dense, fatty meat. Lampreys also transport nutrients from the ocean to ...
WOODLAND — Biologist Dave’y Lumley paced the shallow water at the mouth of the Lewis River on an overcast morning late last month. With each step, she carefully scanned the water in front of her, ...
Beginner anglers learn how to use a jigging rod to catch fish through the ice at a previously held Free Learn to Fish Clinic. Photo courtesy of DEC. Stay connected to all things Adirondacks by signing ...
The proposed barrier would be installed on the Sucker River in Alger County about 20 miles upstream from the river’s crossing ...
Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network Fish counters have noted thousands of lamprey going past Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Tribal biologists say these toothy, eel-like fish have a long way ...
Ian McCluskey / OPB When Aaron Jackson was growing up in eastern Oregon, he’d never seen a lamprey in the Umatilla River. Tribal elders remembered harvesting the fish there for ceremonies. But by the ...
After decades of development and testing, an effort to use pheromones to fool the sex drive of lampreys in the Great Lakes has been deemed good enough to be registered by the U.S. Environmental ...
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 ...
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 ...
The goal of a proposed seasonal sea lamprey barrier is to restrict the invasive species' spread up the Sucker River in Alger County. Officials are taking public feedback until February 22.
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 ...