Ian McCluskey / OPB When Aaron Jackson was growing up in eastern Oregon, he’d never seen a lamprey in the Umatilla River. Tribal elders remembered harvesting the fish there for ceremonies. But by the ...

Courtney Flatt / Northwest News Network On the banks of Oregon’s Willamette River, cooks grilled up food for hundreds of people. It’s a summertime barbecue with a twist. The smell of sizzling lamprey ...

Phase two of the project is being engineered now and is expected to cost between $2.5-$3 million.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. and Canada collectively spend tens of millions of dollars per year to fight invasive, sport fish-attacking sea lamprey in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The U.S. and Canadian governments shut down their borders for 19 months during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it may have inadvertently opened the door for sea lamprey. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Lakes Fishery Commission has recorded a spike of sea lampreys related to travel restrictions that occurred during the ...

Pacific lamprey were once a major staple in Northwest tribes’ diets. The oils were a source of nutrition. Babies used lamprey tails as teething rings. Now, as numbers decline, lamprey only make it to ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - "Shark Week" is of no concern to Northeast Ohioans, but another fanged-predator can be found in the depths of Lake Erie. The sea lamprey is a parasitic fish that has made its ...