US crew to inspect Detroit River in Wayne County next month for signs of predatory sea lamprey
at 04:42 on May 26, 2015, EDT.
DETROIT - A federal team will search the Detroit River for signs of invasive sea lamprey.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a crew will inspect the river in Wayne County from June 3-10. They'll look for signs that larval sea lamprey have become established there.
The lamprey is an eel-like predator with a suction-cup mouth that fastens itself to fish and feeds on their bodily fluids. It invaded the Great Lakes in the 1920s and has ravaged native fish populations.
