Michigan officials are treating a river to control invasive sea lamprey larvae, a parasitic fish that attaches to other fish and feeds on their blood and body fluids, causing major damage to Great Lakes fisheries. The treatment uses targeted lampricides to kill lamprey before they mature and migrate into the lakes, where a single adult can kill dozens of pounds of fish during its lifetime. Read the full story by MLive.
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