The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a surge in sea lamprey populations, which have been damaging Great Lakes native species ...

Changes in ecosystems have transformed the fishing industry, and that's bad news for whitefish in the Great Lakes. The fish is an important and popular commercial species, but its numbers in some of ...

The NYSDEC says that millions of alewife fish were killed this winter due to the substantial ice coverage along Lake Erie.

the invasive species surged on the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are a parasite, feeding by attaching to fish with their suction mouth, using their tongue to rasp a hole through the fish's skin ...

The mission of the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation office is to restore and conserve native fish and other ...

Scientists believe the invaders would out-compete native species and Michigan's prized sports fish, creating ecological chaos on the Great Lakes. Bighead and silver carp are now within 47 miles of ...

Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes was built on lake whitefish, but for the past two decades, that species has been on the decline. It's now on the brink of collapse in parts of two of the lakes.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is a joint venture by the United States and Canadien Governments.Director of Policy & ...

A new study shows that after sea lamprey control efforts were stopped or scaled back during the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasive species surged on the Great Lakes. Sea lampreys are a parasite, feeding ...