Imagine a fish that is hatched in freshwater, lives its early life in the rivers and streams ... While it is true of the Chinook, it is equally true of the Pacific lamprey. But lamprey are quite a bit ...

The ladder is a series of tiered concrete walls, spanning about 800 feet along the side of the dam, that fish can use to go upstream. The troublesome part of the ladder, at least for the lamprey ...

DESCRIPTION: Pacific lamprey are slender, eel-like fish that are dark blue or brown in color and grow to about 30 inches long. They have lateral eyes, lack paired fins, and have no scales. Adult ...

Cuts to probationary staff and a freeze on hiring seasonal workers at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is throwing the lamprey program into crisis, said Greg McClinchey, director of legislative ...

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 ...

“Sea lampreys killed more than 100 million pounds of Great Lakes fish annually,” according to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, a U.S.-Canada government-funded group involved in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission partners with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. TV5 was told that if left unchecked, sea lampreys would consume 105 million pounds of fish in the Great Lakes ...