Decades of fisheries management programs led to huge improvement in the number of lake trout, which were nearly wiped out in the Great Lakes.

"It is undoubtedly one of the most successful stories of native species restoration in the world," said Ethan Baker, chair of ...

A binational group of fisheries experts made the declaration Wednesday, after seven decades of effort to recover the fish from a collapse caused by invasive species and overfishing.

Sometimes they catch lamprey, gobies and other invasive fish, as well as significant quantities of low-value shad — a species ...

The invasive sea lamprey was chomping through the North American region’s native fish, until scientists made a fortuitous ...

The Lake Superior Committee (LSC) of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission announced that the lake trout population has "fully ...

After the population of Lake Superior's top predator fish fell by 95%, the lake trout restoration effort has returned it to ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation Region 4 this week announced the completion of three new artificial spawning reefs in Otsego Lake. DEC, in partnership with SUNY Cobleskill and the ...

(CN) – Lake trout illegally introduced into Yellowstone Lake in ... "Our study illustrates the potential impact of a single, invasive predatory species on otherwise pristine ecosystems," the ...