The Great Lakes Fishery Commission coordinates research, controls sea lampreys & facilitates cooperative fishery management within the Great Lakes basin.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joined September 2010
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The JGLR Vol 52 Issue 4 Editor's Choice article by Fielder et al. (2026) on walleye spawning in Saginaw Bay is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Chris Vandergoot, one of the study leads:
#JGLR #GreatLakesSci @LampreyControl
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We've got more breakout sessions than ever at this year's Great Lakes Conference! Check out these ones covering skills, training & organizational development & Great Lakes science research & Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Register now at bit.ly/GLConference26 #GreatLakes
ALT Text graphic. 2026 Great Lakes Conference. Skills, Training, and Organizational Development Sessions: Ripple Effect: Growing the Next Generation of Great Lakes Champions; Using EJ Values to Guide Outreach in Wyandotte; and Know Your Audience: Best Practices for Organizational Communications. Great Lakes Science Research and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Sessions: Advancing Multinational Collaboration for a Resilient Great Lakes System; and What Will It Take for Wisconsin’s Agricultural Sector to Meet Net-Zero?. September 24-25. Detroit, Michigan.
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The Northeast-Midwest Institute and @LampreyControl hosted a live sea lamprey event on Capitol Hill. Attendees held sea lampreys and learned how the GLFC has reduced sea lamprey populations, preserving the $5.1 billion Great Lakes fishery.
Learn more: nemw.org/lamprey-event-6-10/
ALT Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) braves a sea lamprey
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Join the Northeast-Midwest Institute and @LampreyControl on Wednesday, June 10th, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. in Cannon House Office Building 330 to learn about the invasive sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. Hold a live sea lamprey! Learn about GLFC's efforts: glfc.org/control.php
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At Take Your Child to Work Day, @StateDept and Great Lakes Fishery Commission hosted a lamprey booth to show how the United States is working together to protect America’s $5.2B Great Lakes fishery. Keeping invasive sea lampreys in check, because lampreys suck!
Special thanks to @DeputySecState for stopping by to meet the kids and the lamprey!
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How do you catch an invasive fish that’s solitary, nocturnal and doesn't feed on bait? Check out our study that found sea lampreys follow a clear pattern of staying in the deepest parts of a river. Learn more: spr.ly/6185fpqFT
@ABELlabMSU
@LampreyControl
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JOIN US for an online listening session about ecosystem restoration at Klewer Towpath Park and the Maumee River in Maumee, Ohio!
📆 Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
💻 Register to join online: forms.osi.apps.mil/r/7ch1PdW…
ALT Great Lake Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration (GLFER) Towpath Park Maumee River online listening session flyer
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Last week, NEMWI & @LampreyControl hosted a live sea lamprey event on Capitol Hill, where attendees could learn about sea lamprey and see the invasive species up close! Learn more here: conta.cc/45hFx26
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As Chair of the @LampreyControl, I know firsthand the importance and value of a strong and stable relationship with Canada. Our continued joint care for the Great Lakes and our mutual dedication to protect the Great Lakes Fishery—a $5.1 billion dollar industry—was on full …
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Great week for #Ontario at the @LampreyControl (GLFC) Annual Meeting in #TraverseCity, #Michigan. Honoured to represent Ontario as Vice Chair and Head of the Canadian Section of the GLFC. Pleased to give remarks and honour ex GLFC chair, Jim McKane, for many years of big support
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While in Traverse City for the @LampreyControl Annual Meeting, we took the time for an insiders tour of FishPass—a transformational project, 20+ years in the making, that is reconnecting the Boardman-Ottaway River with Lake Michigan and electronically monitoring which fish …
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JOIN US for a public info session to hear options for dredging the federal navigation channel through 2044 and share your thoughts.
Dredging ensures safe navigation for large vessels, the flow of commodities across the Great Lakes, and the economic viability of U.S. waterways.
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🗣️ CLEVELAND - WE NEED YOUR INPUT!
We're planning the future of dredging in Cleveland Harbor and your feedback is critical to making the right decision.
@USACEHQ @USACELRD @CityofCleveland @lcaships @CLE_State
ALT Public Information Session flyer for Cleveland Harbor 20-year Dredged Material Management Plan Tuesday, June 3 at 6 p.m. in the Cleveland Public Library 2nd Floor Learning Commons, located at 325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
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🚨 NOAA’s first 2025 #LakeErie Harmful Algal Bloom (#HAB) Early Season Projection is here!
A mild to moderate bloom is expected, w/ severity between 2–4.5: coastalscience.noaa.gov/news…
📅 Weekly updates continue through mid-June.
📣 Subscribe to #HAB alerts: public.govdelivery.com/accou…
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Greg McClinchey from @LampreyControl said, “As someone who grew up on a farm on the coast of Lake Huron, I could not imagine a circumstance where there’s no fish in the Great Lakes. It’s unfathomable.” for @Barn_Raising ✍️
barnraisingmedia.com/sea-lam…
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The deadline to purchase tickets for Watersheds Canada's National Conference has been EXTENDED to April 16th, 2025! 📢
Head over to our website to secure your ticket today: 👉 watersheds.ca/conference/ 👈. At this link, you can also find a NEW conference program with a detailed schedule and information about all the speakers and their presentations!
Big thank you to our fantastic sponsors for this event: the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (@LampreyControl), Ontario Phragmites Action, @SePRO_Corp, Haliburton Highlands (@VisitHaliburton), Co-operators (@_Cooperators), DataStream (@DataStreamH2O), Grounded Garden, the Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations (@foca_info), Wildlife Habitat Canada (@WildlifeHCanada), and Water Canada (@CanadianWater). Special thanks to the Haliburton County Development Corporation.
Big thank you to our fantastic speakers as well: Mark Mattson (@waterkeepermark), Chloe Lajoie, Chantal Lefevre, Melissa Dakers, Joel Zhang (@joelzhang_sci), Mark Cullen (@MarkCullen4), Dr. Norman Yan, Barbara Elliot, Gabi Parent-Doliner, Kathy Jones (@Volunteer4Birds), and Monica Seidel. Looking forward to seeing you at the conference!
#nationalconference #freshwater #freshwaterconservation #HabitatProtection #waterfrontliving
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From today's #GreatLakes Daily News:
Bad River Band and other groups move to block reroute plans for Enbridge’s #Line5; Bipartisan lawmakers urge House to take up #GLRI; Michigan mayor heads @LampreyControl; and more.
Read and subscribe at glc.org/dailynews
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🐟 What drives fish recruitment in the Great Lakes?
✍️ The latest #IJMS #EditorsChoice examines 60 years of Lake Whitefish & Cisco trends, offering key insights for fisheries management.
👉 Read more doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae…
@TABrown_Ecology @CornellCALS @LampreyControl
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As someone who regularly swims in Lake Michigan, I was excited to write (for @NatGeo!!) about @LampreyControl cracking down on what is probably the most creepy-looking invasive in the whole ecosystem
nationalgeographic.com/anima…
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