The Great Lakes Fishery Commission will receive a $2.1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to address the invasive sea lamprey in the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sea lampreys are native to the Atlantic Ocean and were brought to Michigan through the Erie Canal over 70 years ago. A single sea lamprey can destroy up to 40 pounds of fish, according to the commission.
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, is a co-chair of the U.S. House Great Lakes Task Force. “Sea lampreys are highly invasive and are a significant danger to the native fish of the Great Lakes and the entire Great Lakes ecosystem,” Dingell said in a press release…