Marquette Sea Lamprey Management Program
Contacting the Office
Field Supervisor:
3090 Wright Street
Marquette, MI 49855-9649
Phone: 906-226-6571
Fax: 906-226-3632
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)
e-mail: marquette@fws.gov
Office Facts
Established: 1956
Funded by Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Staff: 40 permanent; 69 seasonal
Geographic Area Served
Northern Minnesota
Northern and eastern Wisconsin
Michigan
Northern Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and New York
Southeastern Ontario
Great Lakes region
Services Provided To
U.S. and Canadian federal agencies
Great Lakes state and provincial agencies
Great Lakes tribes
Other Fish and Wildlife Service offices
Universities, NGOs and the public
Station Goals
Conduct ecologically sound and publicly acceptable integrated sea lamprey management
Support fish community objectives for each of the Great Lakes
Fulfill U.S. obligations under the 1955 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between U.S. and Canada, and the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956
Fulfill Service obligations under August 2000, U.S. District Court Consent Decree covering fisheries in 1836 Treaty waters of Lake Huron, Superior and Michigan
Rehabilitate Great Lakes fisheries by reducing sea lamprey populations to targets established for each lake
Ensure protection of nontarget species and the environment
Assist with the research and field testing of new control techniques and methods
Activity Highlights
Estimate abundance of spawing phase sea lamprey and observe parasitic sea lamprey wounding rates on host fish
Assess larval sea lamprey abundance and distribution in about 100 Great Lakes tributaries and lentic areas each year
Treat tributaries and lentic areas harboring larval sea lamprey with lampricides to reduce populations before they enter the Great Lakes as parasitic adults
Capture, sterilize and releasespawning phase male sea lamprey into the St. Marys River, reducing the number of effective female spawners and egg hatching rate
Construct, operate and maintain a system of more that 60 barriers to upstream migration of spawning phase sea lamprey on Great Lakes tributaries
Assist in field testing of sea lamprey pheromones as an alternative control method to lampricides, barriers and sterilization
