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01-28-2009, 04:39 PM
Lamprey wounds decrease
By Candace Page • Free Press Staff Writer • January 22, 2009
Buzz up! Lake Champlain anglers are celebrating the improved health of salmon and trout, thanks to a lamprey control program that has -- at last -- reduced lamprey wounds on the tasty fish.
Fish biologists say the number of lamprey wounds per 100 lake trout fell to 31 last summer and fall, the lowest rate since 1998. Salmon wounds fell to 35 per 100 fish.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090122/NEWS02/901220309/1007
"The fish are larger and healthier, and there isn't the repulsive experience of having this parasitic animal in your boat trying to latch on to you," said James Ehlers, an angler and executive director of Lake Champlain International, a nonprofit fishing group.
By Candace Page • Free Press Staff Writer • January 22, 2009
Buzz up! Lake Champlain anglers are celebrating the improved health of salmon and trout, thanks to a lamprey control program that has -- at last -- reduced lamprey wounds on the tasty fish.
Fish biologists say the number of lamprey wounds per 100 lake trout fell to 31 last summer and fall, the lowest rate since 1998. Salmon wounds fell to 35 per 100 fish.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090122/NEWS02/901220309/1007
"The fish are larger and healthier, and there isn't the repulsive experience of having this parasitic animal in your boat trying to latch on to you," said James Ehlers, an angler and executive director of Lake Champlain International, a nonprofit fishing group.