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Tag: sea lamprey

Sea Lamprey 2.0: How We Prevent History from Repeating Itself

Posted on December 16, 2019

In last month’s blog post, we dove into how the invasive sea lamprey entered the Great Lakes System, and the catastrophic effect they had on fish populations. While we touched on how rigorous control methods have reduced sea lamprey populations by up to 90 percent, going into exactly how sea lamprey control is done is […]

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Tagged fisheries, invasive species, sea lamprey

Learning from History: The Sea Lamprey Legacy of the Great Lakes

Posted on November 18, 2019

In 1919, improvements were made to the Welland Canal, a waterway that connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The improvements widened the canal and allowed large ships to travel between the two; a feat that until then had been made impossible by Niagara Falls. With an effective connection between Lake Ontario and the rest of […]

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Tagged fisheries, Georgian Bay, invasive species, sea lamprey

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