Video From “Managing Great Lakes Invaders” Series Focuses on Sea Lamprey History and Control
A new video series was developed by the Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS) and Michigan Sea Grant. The video series paints the picture for how some invasive species reached the Great Lakes while highlighting management victories and ongoing research. Three of the videos have been featured in Fox-Wolf Watershed newsletters in 2022 and can be found on our website (fwwa.org). The last video focuses on sea lamprey and does a tremendous job showcasing the story of what some people call the “vampire fish”.
In our watershed, the sea lamprey is in the Great Lakes (including Green Bay) and can swim up the Fox River to Wrightstown. However, that is as far as they can get. There is an impassable dam that the sea lamprey cannot bypass. In addition, the boat lock in Wrightstown has been closed since the 1980s to keep sea lamprey out of the Winnebago System and the rest of the Fox-Wolf Watershed.
Check out the Sea Lamprey video below and be sure to check out the rest of the video series by visiting the playlist on Youtube.
Original story published by Michigan Sea Grant’s El Lower and Rochelle Sturtevant
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