After decades of collaborative efforts with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC), Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department(VFWD), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), biologists consider the Lake Champlain lake trout population to be restored. As a … Continued
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) announced the annual sea lamprey abundances for each Great Lake in 2024. In it, researchers noted that populations of non-native predatory sea lampreys are above targets in all five of the Great Lakes. The … Continued
The Government of Canada is making an investment in new infrastructure to help prevent the spread of invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes and their tributaries. The additional $8 million investment over two years to the Great Lakes Fishery … Continued
Strong spawning runs of landlocked Atlantic salmon from Lake Champlain returned to the Winooski River during the 2014 run. Atlantic salmon runs are monitored annually at the Winooski River fish lift, the main feature of a trap and truck fish … Continued
A program to combat parasitic sea lamprey will begin the week of June 9th on Seneca Lake tributaries in Chemung, Schuyler and Yates counties, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Efforts to control sea lampreys … Continued