Great Lakes sea lamprey program in peril: NE Ohio fishing report

Brook lamprey (Lampetra planeri) spawning in a small tributary of Loch Ness today. These are the smallest of the three British lamprey species at approximately 130 to 150mm in length). Unlikely the larger river and sea lamprey, they spend their entire lifecycle in freshwater. The larvae of brook lamprey live in burrows in areas of sand or mud. They feed by filtering organic matter from the water. As they mature they stop feeding and migrate to areas of suitably sized clean gravel. A number of ma

How do lamprey climb? 🧗 With their mouth! Lamprey, or piharau/kanakana, don’t just use their toothy mouth for feeding, they also use it to travel upstream to breed. 👄 Adult lamprey migrate upstream in search of the perfect spawning site, using their suckermouth to climb over rocks and waterfalls. Of the over 44 lamprey species worldwide, only two are known to climb waterfalls with their body completely out of water and our native piharau is one of them. It’s thought that they use their extreme

Sea Lamprey Wreak Havoc in the Great Lakes

Sea lamprey surveys ongoing around Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Sea Lamprey Control in the Lake Champlain Basin | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

GLFC says sea lamprey control program is fully staffed and back on track

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department to treat Vermont rivers for sea lamprey control